Orville
Americannoun
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After a lousy investing experience in the 1990s, Warren Buffett quipped that “if there had been a capitalist at Kitty Hawk, he should have shot down Orville and done us all a favor.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The Jamaican, 62-year-old Orville Etoria, was repatriated to Jamaica in September but 10 more deportees arrived on October 9, according to the Eswatini government.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
A string of actors have since taken the role of the Emcee, including Adam Lambert, Orville Peck and Porter.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025
Even the country stage featured Orville Peck, a gay country artist, who was joined by Willie Nelson for a rendition of "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other."
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2024
Orville and Wilbur Wright announced that the hometown team’s glider had just set a new “hand-folded paper plane” indoor flight-time record.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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