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Ammons

American  
[am-uhnz] / ˈæm ənz /

noun

  1. A(rchie) R(andolph), 1926–2001, U.S. poet.


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Ammons reacted uneasily to Bloom’s praise and felt the critic failed to recognize his poetic impulses.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

“Our website has been under constant attack for the past month and we’ve been able to keep the site up,” Mr. Ammons said on Twitter via the county clerk’s account.

From Washington Times Nov. 9, 2022

In Champaign County, Illinois, clerk Aaron Ammons would like to install metal detectors at his office, where visitors have filmed staff and the layout of the space in what he described as a threatening manner.

From Reuters Oct. 9, 2022

When he’s on the mound, Clemson left-hander Ryan Ammons will feel a little tingle on his right arm.

From Seattle Times Apr. 3, 2022

While consulting the oracle of Jupiter Ammon in the Libyan desert he was saluted by the priests as "Ammons Sonne."

From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

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