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Eads

American  
[eedz] / idz /

noun

  1. James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.


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“At the Tournament of Roses, we try not to use that word,” David Eads, the organization’s chief executive, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

That number usually tops out at 100,000, Eads said, adding there’s not room for much more than 1 million people along the route.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023

Eads hopes the focus will remain on the planned events, which this year include three mid-parade performances — up from one previous act — as well as the opening and closing shows.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023

Eads, Ryan Clarke, Xiaoxu Sean Lin and Robert McCreight, who first coined the term neurostrike to describe an element of brain warfare.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Eads discovered that workers began experiencing the bends at sixty feet below ground, roughly half the depth to which a Chicago caisson would have to descend.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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