Beamon
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He was born Donald Gray Triplett on 8 September 1933 to Mary and Beamon Triplett, a wealthy couple.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2023
“There is some speech that is prohibited. And that includes speech that is likely to cause substantial disruption or that materially interferes with school activities or the educational process,” Beamon said.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
Then Bob Beamon soared through the thin Mexico air, beyond the range of the electronic measuring device and out to an unheard-of 8.90m, another 55cm further.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2021
In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Mr. Beamon, a maintenance worker at the Princeton Club of New York, remembered the mayor from his childhood, John Lindsay, because “my mom and dad were crazy about him.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2021
American Bob Beamon made an astonishing leap of 29 feet 2½ inches to shatter the existing world by almost two feet.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2021
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