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)
Example Sentences
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Quite the contrast to Miles’s sharply disciplined wife, Kate, a specialist in the poetry of Milton and Blake and an academic star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Later on, in a highly unusual move, she’s accompanied by leading lights of the blues recording genre—Papa Charlie Jackson, Tampa Red, Blind Blake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Four recent free-agent signings: Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Edwin Díaz and Kyle Tucker have a total annual salary of $130 million not including signing bonuses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
And left-hander Blake Snell was scheduled to take the mound for two innings Saturday in his first minor-league rehab start since undergoing surgery to remove loose bodies in his elbow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Blake promised that he had information they would find interesting.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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