Adlai
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Is the U.S. delegation prepared to reveal new information proving that crucial last point, à la Adlai Stevenson’s Cuban Missile Crisis slide show?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Democrat Adlai Stevenson and Republican Thomas Dewey ran twice and lost twice.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
It was the eve of the 1956 presidential election fought between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025
Political attack ads came to television in the 1950s, alongside the rise of the medium, and by the 1952 presidential race between Republican Dwight Eisenhower and Democrat Adlai Stevenson, they were already a fixture.
From Slate • Nov. 3, 2024
In defeat, Adlai Stevenson had succeeded in placing nuclear testing policy solidly on the public agenda.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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