Brooks
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Gwendolyn, 1917–2000, U.S. poet and novelist.
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Phillips, 1835–93, U.S. Protestant Episcopal bishop and pulpit orator.
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Van Wyck 1886–1963, U.S. author and critic.
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a male given name.
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Geraldine . born 1955, Australian writer. Her novels include March (2005), which won the Pulitzer prize
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Mel , real name Melvyn Kaminsky . born 1926, US comedy writer, actor, and film director. His films include The Producers (1968), Blazing Saddles (1974), High Anxiety (1977), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1996)
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( Troyal ) Garth. born 1962, US country singer and songwriter; his bestselling records include Ropin' the Wind (1991) and Scarecrow (2001)
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Torn as Lozita is, Brooks plays her with such conviction that whenever she’s not onscreen, you could believe the character is off starring in her own movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“If Scott Bessent thought this move would stabilize the U.S. bond market, he was wrong,” XTB’s Kathleen Brooks said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Brooks Automation Holdings, a semiconductor automation company owned by private-equity firm THL, formerly known as Thomas H. Lee Partners, is planning a return to the public markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
He has been grouped with five-time major winner Brooks Koepka and European Ryder Cup team-mate Robert MacIntyre.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The most shocking incident of all happened in 1952, when a man named Hilliard Brooks boarded a City Lines bus, dropped a dime in the fare box, and headed down the aisle toward the back.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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