characters
Americannoun
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In 1973, he joined the cast on Don Imus’s “Imus in the Morning” syndicated radio show, creating characters and doing impersonations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
To stand out, publishers "try to guarantee their game will succeed" by including characters known and loved by large audiences.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Those words, chosen by Elina Svitolina, Amelie Mauresmo and Felix Auger-Aliassime respectively, are a small selection of the tributes to one of tennis' greatest characters.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Some of the candidates’ fantasy characters were literal — City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, a labor organizer running for reelection, was a barbarian named “Hugo the Organizer” using his “righteous indignation” to organize workers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
I know no medium: I never in my life have known any medium in my dealings with positive, hard characters, antagonistic to my own, between absolute submission and determined revolt.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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