Edward
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Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall The Black Prince, 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
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Lake, a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a source of the Nile. 830 sq. mi. (2,150 sq. km).
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a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “guardian.”
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known as the Black Prince. 1330–76, Prince of Wales, the son of Edward III of England. He won victories over the French at Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356) in the Hundred Years' War
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Prince. born 1964, Earl of Wessex, third son of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 1999 he married Sophie Rhys-Jones (born 1965); their daughter Louise was born in 2003 and their son James in 2007
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Andrew Haden was found dead in an office inside the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in San Diego on Wednesday, shortly after being reported missing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The last surviving subject of King Edward VII, as a teenager she travelled to India in 1927 and began working as an au pair to a military family there.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Amicus bonus episode revisits a 2021 conversation among Dahlia Lithwick, Judge Edward M. Chen, and Don Tamaki, members of the legal team that overturned Korematsu v.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Hichilema intends to position Zambia as a leading producer of one of the world’s key critical minerals, capitalizing on increasing industrial demand,” said Edward Bach, Africa analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, a U.K. risk-intelligence firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Posh, well-dressed Jillian who will probably be Team Edward for the next hundred years.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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