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Villa Park finished the regular season at 19-8-1 under veteran coach Burt Call and in second place in league.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Later at LF Wade International Airport, a small group of dignitaries including Premier David Burt gathered as the King drew the visit to a close.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
The studies, however, "largely showed minimal impacts on coral reefs", said John Burt, biology professor at the Mubadala Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences at New York University Abu Dhabi.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
At a press conference at Heston’s home in Pacific Palisades, they stood together with Brando, Poitier, Newman, Garner, Carroll, Moreno and Burt Lancaster—an improbable coalition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Watching Burt perform a relatively simple forward one-and-a-half, the agent criticized: “Son, that was a sloppy tuck; you didn’t go into it tight enough.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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