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Ambler

American  
[am-bler] / ˈæm blər /

noun

  1. Eric, 1909–1998, English suspense novelist.

Ambler British  
/ ˈæmblə /

noun

  1. Eric. 1909–1998, English novelist. His thrillers include The Mask of Dimitrios (1939), Journey into Fear (1940), A Kind of Anger (1964), and Doctor Frigo (1974)

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Learning those skills helped Bryce, who is now 60 and lives in the Philadelphia suburb of Ambler, become a litigator, representing large financial institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

South32’s 50% stake in the Ambler Metals joint venture isn’t affected by the deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Trilogy is a small-capitalization mining company, developing projects in the Ambler district.

From Barron's • Oct. 6, 2025

Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Becky Wilde earlier clinched bronze in the women's doubles sculls, while Oli Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge and Freddie Davidson also claimed bronze in the men's four.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

The most strident criticism came in the form of a dense, multipage epistle from Ambler, a tiny Inupiat village on the Kobuk River north of the Arctic Circle.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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