Dampier
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Tackling must be priority No. 1 for a defense that failed to bring down quarterback Devon Dampier and others on what seemed like dozens of occasions.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025
Rio exports from Dampier port and through Cape Lambert in the northern part of Western Australia state.
From Reuters • Jun. 19, 2023
The group meets every week for dinner and conversation, but Dampier wishes it could be more.
From Fox News • Jan. 26, 2022
Dampier chose his career to support his insatiable interest in biology, and his field notes reveal a man easily distracted from the business of raiding a town by his delight at discovering colorful parrots.
From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2021
Of the great Dampier we hear no more, and his very burial place is unknown.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
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