Wills
Americannoun
noun
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Helen Newington, married name Helen Wills Moody Roark. 1905–98, US tennis player. She was Wimbledon singles champion eight times between 1927 and 1938. She also won the US title seven times and the French title four times
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William John. 1834–61, English explorer: Robert Burke's deputy in an expedition on which both men died after crossing Australia from north to south for the first time
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After his two years of military service in Japan, he did a residency at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia and later taught at New York Medical College.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Wills, who is himself a Catholic, called the separation of church and state embodied in the First Amendment’s Establishment clause “a stunning innovation,” the one unique, genius thing about our nation’s founding document.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
The Fox ownership deprived us of Mike Piazza, and the voters deprived us of Maury Wills, but the answer remains zero.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
Wills are lost and go missing, only to be rediscovered.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026
“Poor blighters,” Greenstreet whispered, sure the Caird and the Wills were lost at sea.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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