Ferdinand
Americannoun
noun
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. declared a national energy emergency in late March amid rising energy prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
None of us ever met Christopher Columbus or Ferdinand Magellan or Vasco da Gama, the great explorers of history, but for more than 50 years astronauts have walked among us.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
"Nothing is off the table," President Ferdinand Marcos said.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
President Ferdinand Marcos said Wednesday that the Philippines was casting a wide net in its search for fuel, with the country's dwindling stocks expected to last only another 45 days.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
There's no doubt that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand mattered, although he was neither a prodigy nor a genius: his assassination sparked World War I—so his death led to 8,528,831 others.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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