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Kalb

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[kalb, kahlp] / kælb, kɑlp /

noun

  1. Johann Baron de Kalb, 1721–80, German general in the American Revolutionary Army.


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“It’s been one of if not the main issue she’s emphasized in the last year or two,” said Matthew Baum, Marvin Kalb professor of global communications at Harvard University.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2024

For "Top Chef" alum Chef Jackson Kalb, though, he's looking to subvert that form, turning the realm of Italian-American cuisine on its head and injecting some humor and levity into the medium.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2023

Kalb, a forecaster at the National Weather Service office in Hanford.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2023

“It’s been a brutal day. We literally have every single penny in Silicon Valley Bank,” Kalb said Friday, pegging the deposit amount that’s now tied up at millions of dollars.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2023

The Baron De Kalb, now at the head of the Maryland division, was instructed to conduct this detachment with all haste to the aid of General Lincoln.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington