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Cunningham

American

[kuhn-ing-ham] / ˈkʌn ɪŋˌhæm /

noun

Glenn Kansas Ironman, 1909–1988, U.S. track athlete.
Merce 1919–2009, U.S. dancer and choreographer.

Cunningham British

/ ˈkʌnɪŋəm /

noun

Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suit for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)

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The Fever’s coach doesn’t back Cunningham vociferously enough and gets jeered by a home crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

As for Cunningham, the attention has increasingly become an unwelcome distraction.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Last month, Cunningham, one of the league's most high-profile players, gave an interview to ESPN, external in which the conversation turned to the topic of "protecting" women's sports.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

But Sophie Cunningham has let the state turn her into a combination of Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, willing to joust with a windmill.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

We saw this happen time after time with Dad’s stenographers and with the cooks who followed Mrs. Cunningham.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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