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Borah

American  
[bawr-uh, bohr-uh] / ˈbɔr ə, ˈboʊr ə /

noun

  1. William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.

  2. Mount, Borah Peak.


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First Class Nick Maimer was a 20-year military veteran, including time spent serving in the Army Special Forces, and a 1995 graduate of Borah High School in Boise, he previously told the Statesman.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023

Large earthquakes like the 1959 Hebgen Lake quake and the 1983 Borah Peak quake altered the iconic geyser’s activity, decreasing the frequency of its eruptions, Hurwitz said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2020

I said – I said, “You know, Senator Borah, a famous chairman from the state of Idaho, went down to see I think it was Coolidge, although it could have been Harding.  I’m not sure.”

From MSNBC • Feb. 18, 2016

Here’s the rest: On Thursday, another student, Abigail Borah of Middlebury College, briefly disrupted a session to press the United States delegation to take bolder steps.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2011

Vehemently arguing against Dobyns, Denevan, Crosby, Cook, and Borah was David Henige, of the University of Wisconsin, whose book, Numbers from Nowhere, published in 1998, is a landmark in the literature of demographic vilification.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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