Adolf
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Israel has only executed two people in its history - one of them the infamous Nazi official Adolf Eichmann, who played an important role in perpetrating the Holocaust.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
It went to Jesse Owens in 1976—40 years after he showed Adolf Hitler up at the 1936 Olympics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
On the wall in my den are my father’s medals: a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star from when the United States sent my father, Marcelo Villanueva, and others like him, to fight Adolf Hitler.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
Prosecutors said the group -- whose initials SS match those of Adolf Hitler's paramilitary organisation the Schutzstaffel -- had procured fatigues, combat helmets, gas masks and bullet-proof vests.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
A whole week went by before we found a very big tree full of tiny round red fruits that Adolf told me were called msulula.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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