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Woodrow

American  
[wood-roh] / ˈwʊd roʊ /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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County sheriff’s deputies Jonathan Miramontes and Woodrow Kim, ended with a lightning fast acquittal.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The Senate approved the agreement in 1916 and President Woodrow Wilson ratified it the following year, according to the State record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Congress repealed the law in 1920, and President Woodrow Wilson pardoned almost everyone convicted under it.

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2025

In the same year he ran for mayor, Hillquit was also the defense lawyer for several left-leaning publications that Woodrow Wilson’s administration tried to ban or shut down.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

My own favorite, however, is a guy named Woodrow Murphy from Pepperell, Massachusetts, who did a thru-hike in the summer of 1995.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson