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Campanella

British  
/ kampaˈnɛlla /

noun

  1. Tommaso. 1568–1639, Italian philosopher and Dominican friar. During his imprisonment by the Spaniards (1599–1626) he wrote his celebrated utopian fantasy, La città del sole .

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He had a career .260 batting average, won two World Series rings and three straight Roy Campanella Awards for his leadership in the Dodgers’ clubhouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

But he added that Ms Campanella never went to the police as she did not feel that Mr Argentino's attentions were particularly "threatening or pathological".

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025

As the planning historian Thomas Campanella wrote in 2011, “The literature on grassroots planning tends to assume a citizenry of Gandhian humanists. In fact, most people are not motivated by altruism but by self-interest.”

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2024

He retired Robinson on a lineout and struck out Hodges before walking Campanella and giving up a run-scoring double to Snider.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

Campanella thus would make men great in science, having first made them slaves in politics; a philosophical people were to be the subjects of despots—not an impossible event!

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli

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