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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

The Way of the World, written and directed by Theresa Rebeck, adapted from the play by William Congreve.

From Washington Post Jan. 16, 2018

He thought of Dickens' famous utterance on the subject of being flippant about one's life's work; he thought of the example of Congreve.

From The Whirligig of Time by Wayland Wells Williams




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