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Wassermann

American  
[wah-ser-muhn, vahs-uhr-mahn] / ˈwɑ sər mən, ˈvɑs ərˌmɑn /

noun

  1. August von 1866–1925, German physician and bacteriologist.

  2. Jakob 1873–1934, German novelist.


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Eileen Wassermann struggles to calculate her daily risk at this stage of the coronavirus pandemic — with infections drastically undercounted and mask mandates gone.

From Washington Post May 17, 2022

Wassermann also recalled a producer’s anxiety over Aniston’s late entrance, almost 30 minutes in.

From New York Times Mar. 25, 2022

In the nonfiction race, Liz Garbus’ Jacques Cousteau documentary “Becoming Cousteau” landed nods for Mark Monroe, a previous winner for “The Cove” and “The Dissident,” and Pax Wassermann.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2022

When a prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the UK and France, presumably under the sea, detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann are sent to investigate.

From The Guardian Jan. 10, 2013

We righted the tiers and replaced the cages; then we were faced with the impossible task of sorting the cancerous rats and mice, the diabetic dogs, the Aschheim-Zondek rabbits, and the Wassermann guinea pigs.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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