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Carroll

American  
[kar-uhl] / ˈkær əl /

noun

  1. Charles, 1737–1832, American patriot and legislator.

  2. Lewis, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.

  3. Also Carrol. a male or female given name.

Carroll British  
/ ˈkærəl /

noun

  1. Lewis. real name the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. 1832–98, English writer; an Oxford mathematics don who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872) and the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876)

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Jeff Carroll, chairman of the Ruskin Museum which owns Bluebird and displays it in a dedicated wing, said it marked the "next chapter" in the machine's story.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

"We'll go through video across the hotel to figure out how the gun got in, how it got down here," Carroll added.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Both Monahon and Carroll are writing about transformation of the paradigm-exploding kind.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Allen, 40, and Harbour, 51, originally listed the quirky Carroll Gardens dwelling in October, just months after it was revealed their four-year marriage had come to an end.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

In the morning, in the mess tent, I asked Lieutenant Carroll why he had called Jenkins an angel warrior.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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