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Congreve

[kon-greev, kong-] / ˈkɒn griv, ˈkɒŋ- /


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"That's cool, as an engineering feat," says Dr Congreve, who was not involved in the work himself.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023

Any woman of a certain age in anything by Shakespeare, Dickens, Congreve, Dryden or Sheridan.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021

Easing the actors on to Planet Congreve was movement director Francine Watson Coleman.

From The Guardian ● May 21, 2019

She excelled at comedy and tragedy, acting in plays by Congreve, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Noël Coward and contemporary English playwrights such as Peter Shaffer.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2015

In London, Mr. Congreve is, in a quiet way, a sort of celebrity or peculiarity.

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy




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