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Dave

American  
[deyv] / deɪv /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of David.


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“Santiago was great for me, great for the team, and I think we were very forthright, up front, about the expectation, so I think he respected that,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Most recently, he stopped Dave Allen in dominant fashion this month.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Director Jon Favreau’s film, which he wrote with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor, features a grindingly simple plot that provides the weakest possible pretext to staple together a series of uninspired monster and droid fights.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Dave Kautter, a tax attorney who served in the first Trump administration as an acting IRS commissioner and assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy, said he wasn’t outraged by the settlement agreement and its addendum.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

He hurried up to Dave and whispered something in his ear.

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon

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