Carson
Americannoun
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Christopher Kit, 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
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Sir Edward Henry Baron Carson, 1854–1935, Irish public official.
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Johnny, 1925–2005, U.S. television entertainer.
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Rachel Louise, 1907–1964, U.S. marine biologist and author.
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a city in SW California.
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a river in N California and NW Nevada, flowing NE to the Carson Sink. 150 miles (241 km) long.
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a male or female given name.
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Christopher, known as Kit Carson. 1809–68, US frontiersman, trapper, scout, and Indian agent
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Edward Henry, Baron. 1854–1935, Anglo-Irish politician and lawyer; led northern Irish resistance to the British government's plan for home rule for Ireland
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Rachel ( Louise ). 1907–64, US marine biologist and science writer; author of Silent Spring (1962)
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Willie, full name William Hunter Fisher Carson. born 1942, Scottish jockey: rode four winners in the Derby (1979, 1980, 1989, 1994)
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“Worries about oil back over $100 a barrel and the Iran conflict flaring up again are top of mind heading into the weekend,” said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at Carson Group.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Based on the novel by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis, it follows Prue, a young girl who ventures into an enchanted forest to save her little brother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. Her books must be available to the public," said the letter signed by such notable figures as Nobel laureates Annie Ernaux and Anne Carson.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
In 1854, one “nugget” found on Carson Hill, about 100 miles south of Coloma along the Mother Lode mineral belt, weighed 195 pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
From behind her door, I could hear the Johnny Carson theme song and the audience’s laughter, as if they were at a party, having a grand time.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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