Butterfield
Britishnoun
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Butterfield & Son for $1 billion in cash and 52.1 million Butterfield shares, currently valued at $645 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Jaeden Martell and Asa Butterfield play two very different adolescents in Oscar Boyson’s timely, cynical and incisive feature debut.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
During testimony before a US Senate committee, Butterfield was asked by Republican Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee if he was aware of any listening devices in the president's Oval Office.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
Butterfield, an Air Force veteran, was responsible for White House security and had overseen the installation of an audio recording system in the White House under Nixon's orders.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
A moment later there came the bugle call: Dan, Dan, Dan, Butterfield, Butterfield, then forward.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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