Agnew
Americannoun
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David Hayes, 1818–92, U.S. surgeon.
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Spiro T(heodore) 1918–96, U.S. politician: vice president 1969–73; resigned 1973.
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The last documented California grizzly killed was hunted down in August 1922 by a Tulare County rancher named Jesse Agnew, who blamed his dead calves on the grizzly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
One tool that can help guide people’s decisions about splurging is a personal values statement, said Ashley Agnew, a financial therapist at Edward Jones.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
"This is a really poor pitch. This is not the standard of pitch you'd expect for a Lord's Test, and they've got to do something about it," BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew said.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Agnew, the Lyons’s estate lawyer, said he and another lawyer gave the university legal opinions that the documents should work the way Ed and his wife intended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
That morning, Dr. Agnew had enlarged the incision on Garfield's back, taken out pieces of bone, and inserted two drainage tubes.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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