Claiborne
Americannoun
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Pell grants—named after the late Rhode Island senator Claiborne Pell—are the largest source of federal financial aid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
The results show that Cedarland was occupied around 500 years before Claiborne or Poverty Point, giving it a distinct timeline.
From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2025
In Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 72 percent can’t get by without deprivation.
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024
If an infection and a low-grade fever couldn’t stop him, then Chris Claiborne and Rashard Cook had no chance.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
Noah, the foaling groom at Claiborne, had summed it up about as well as anyone when he pulled Seabiscuit into the world: “Runty little thing.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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