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Donovan

American  
[don-uh-vuhn] / ˈdɒn ə vən /

noun

  1. William Joseph Wild Bill, 1883–1959, U.S. lawyer and military officer: organizer and director of the OSS 1942–45.


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Mr. Donovan writes that “tariffs on primary aluminum won’t build a single smelter in the U.S.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

“The casino analogy only works if yen weakness were speculative,” added Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS Global Wealth Management.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

And Donovan - the teenager in Alistair Johnston's terrain - was hungry and effective.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Donovan, who has lived in Clacton her entire life, added she was pleasantly surprised by how many people voted for Binface.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

James Donovan, Rudolf Abel’s lawyer, later wrote that Hayhanen died in what he described as a “mysterious” accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the summer of 1961.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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