Conkling
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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One man, Garfield, has chosen virtue; another, Conkling, has chosen corruption; the third, Guiteau, has no real choice in the matter but keeps an audience teetering between pity and revulsion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
“He didn’t even have to finish the Abraham Lincoln thing for it to be clear. He was an original, a real talent,” James Conkling, president of Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024
Jeremy Conkling, president of the Anchorage police union, said the officers involved have been served with a notice of investigation.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2022
Among those who served on its advisory board were Anna Julia Cooper, Roscoe Conkling Bruce, Francis Grimke and Mary Church Terrell — “rather stalwart names in Black Washington’s elite,” Jones said.
From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2022
President Hayes, who attempted to reform the spoils system during his administration, defied Conkling by replacing Arthur.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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