Blake
Americannoun
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Hector Toe, 1912–1995, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
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James Hubert Eubie, 1883–1983, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
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Robert, 1599–1657, British admiral.
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William, 1757–1827, English poet, engraver, and painter.
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a first name.
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Sir Peter . born 1932, British painter, a leading exponent of pop art in the 1960s: co-founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists (1969)
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Sir Quentin ( Saxby ). born 1932, British artist, illustrator, and children's writer; noted esp for his illustrations to books by Roald Dahl
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Robert . 1599–1657, English admiral, who commanded Cromwell's fleet against the Royalists, the Dutch, and the Spanish
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William . 1757–1827, English poet, painter, engraver, and mystic. His literary works include Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794), The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1793), and Jerusalem (1820). His chief works in the visual arts include engravings of a visionary nature, such as the illustrations for The Book of Job (1826), for Dante's poems, and for his own Prophetic Books (1783–1804)
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Ace lefty Blake Snell, flamethrowing righty Tyler Glasnow and newly acquired closer Edwin Díaz have been injured for months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The postcards were designed by authors and illustrators Nick Sharratt and Sir Quentin Blake.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Actor Justin Baldoni and his wife, Emily, lamented trauma and pain endured by their family in their first public remarks after a long-running legal battle with co-star Blake Lively.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Unless backed up by actions, the Fed’s messages can become “just words,” said Blake Gwinn, head of U.S. rates strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Like many people who encountered Blake in the weeks and months after his return from Korea, Allan found herself smitten by the young war hero.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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