Goering
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Buruma recounts one contemporary joke: “An airplane carrying Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels crashes. All three are killed. Who is saved? Answer: The German people.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Frustrated, he stepped down from the committee and, together with a University of Washington bioethicist named Sara Goering, decided to independently pursue the issue.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2024
As the roads swarmed with people fleeing to safety, the Louvre personnel, including Desroches-Noblecourt, trucked their precious cargo to various chateaus on the Loire away from the eyes of rapacious Nazi collectors, notably Hermann Goering.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023
But as the Nazi government took power, the collection also drew the interest of Hermann Goering, a powerful Nazi figure and the prime minister of Prussia.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2022
The men in the pub are talking about the terrible state of the world and how in God’s name Hermann Goering escaped the hangman an hour before the hanging.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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