Beaverbrook
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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She would hitchhike to London to stay with her friend, the newspaper proprietor and Cabinet minister, Lord Beaverbrook.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2018
Lady Mary calls off her engagement to Sir Richard Carlisle, who is said to be inspired by the powerful press baron Lord Beaverbrook.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2014
What might have been … Minister of Supply Lord Beaverbrook addressing Clydeside shop stewards, 1941.
From The Guardian • Dec. 6, 2012
He says Beaverbrook had openly admitted running his newspapers to promote his own political agenda, and was unapologetic.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2011
Mrs. Beaverbrook, the fatalist, practically burst into tears and said in a timid little voice, “Oh, it’s so awful. Oh, the guns are so loud!”—which is another way of saying “I’m so scared.”
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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