Ferdinand
Americannoun
noun
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The zeppelin design, which placed individual gas-filled containers within a rigidly framed outer envelope, was invented around the turn of the 20th century by Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a German aristocrat and general.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But he knows what it felt like and in an insightful chat with his former United team-mate on Rio Ferdinand Presents: The Debrief,, external Giggs offered this assessment:
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Along with the Clark Air Base inland, Subic Bay sustained anticommunist wars in Korea and Vietnam and, thanks to the support of longtime dictator Ferdinand Marcos, projected U.S. power through decades of containment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Eala came home from London to a hero's welcome, with President Ferdinand Marcos hosting a reception in her honour at Malacanang Palace in Manila.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The day after Perugia’s release, an anarchist named Gavrilo Princip assassinated the archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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