Buchan
Americannoun
noun
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She recently collaborated with Canadian pros John Buchan and Jason Knight to find local acting talent for “Vladimir,” which shot in Toronto.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Buchan realized that “an old regime was passing away,” and that the “vanishing” of one world and the arrival of another was “apt to crush those who had to meet it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
“I read and reread Thucydides,” the British novelist and politician John Buchan recalled in his memoir of World War I, “for he also had lived among crumbling institutions.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Ms Buchan said she was challenging the final amount owed and would clear any outstanding tax after that dispute was settled.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025
Most of the abstracts have been arranged by Dr. Buchan; while Messrs. Buchanan, Omond, and Rankine have taken a fair share of the work.
From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.
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