Burnside
Americannoun
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Lesley Burnside, whose 15-year-old son Joe has severe allergies to eggs, nuts and legumes, said the pressure does not ease as children move through the school system.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Gen. Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac, “but if the couchant lion postpones his spring too long, people will begin wondering whether he is not a stuffed specimen after all.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
In April, a formerly unhoused man participating in the mission’s long-term shelter program was sorting through piles of donations at the mission’s Burnside Shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
Leigh A. Burnside, the company’s chief accounting officer and a senior vice president, also announced her departure.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
But Burnside was a stubborn man, determined perhaps to show action and confidence where McClellan had shown hesitancy and uncertainty.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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