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Dvořák

American  
[dvawr-zhahk, -zhak, dvaw-rzhahk] / ˈdvɔr ʒɑk, -ʒæk, ˈdvɔ rʒɑk /

noun

  1. Antonín 1841–1904, Czech composer.


Dvořák British  
/ ˈdvɔrʒaːk, ˈdvɔːʒæk /

noun

  1. Antonín (ˈantɔnjiːn), known as Anton Dvořák. 1841–1904, Czech composer, much of whose work reflects the influence of folk music. His best-known work is the Symphony No. 9 From the New World (1893)

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In 1986, an article in the New Journal of Medicine by Dr. Harold Dvorak suggested that cancer behaves very much like a wound that never heals.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

Dvorak and McQueen were in junior high in February 1976 when they disappeared while walking together in downtown Calgary.

From BBC • May 17, 2024

Shooting in the Seattle area was key to creating “Baby, Don’t Cry’s” unique look and atmosphere, insists director Jesse Dvorak.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

Rice had published a biography on Dvorak, who starred with Paul Muni in the original “Scarface” and Bette Davis in “Three on a Match” before moving to Hawaii, where she died in 1979.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

How dare he insult Dvorak and her sister!

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

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