Kleist
Americannoun
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"This time of year there is not much to hunt. So we rely on musk ox meat and skin," Kleist says.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
This means getting full independence could take "about 10 to 15 years," says Kaj Kleist, a veteran Greenlandic politician and civil servant who prepared the Self-Rule Act.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025
Born Asta Berwind von Kleist, the countess was the daughter of Baron and Baroness Frederick von Kleist.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
He doesn’t even like Kleist, whom he considers an overwrought “hysteric” and a “man desperately stabbing himself with the needle of his own personality in an attempt to get a response.”
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2020
Mrs. Kleist and her daughter, Else, came outside as the soldiers approached.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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