Chesnutt
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“It’s extremely overwhelming. … There’s still so much we don’t know,” said John Chesnutt, a Superfund section manager who has been leading the EPA’s technical team on the ocean dumping investigation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024
But weeks later, indie rock-folk musician Vic Chesnutt was in town, so they invited him to play.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024
“If I finish, it won’t be Chesnutt at all, just me,” she said.
From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2020
“We don’t understand Hansberry until we understand that she was reading Chesnutt, reading W.E.B. Du Bois, reading political history,” Browner said recently.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2020
Charles W. Chesnutt, in The Marrow of Tradition, has given a faithful portrayal of these disgraceful events, the Wellington of the story being Wilmington.
From A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia by Brawley, Benjamin Griffith
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