Elam
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Pusser indeed owned a lot of guns, including a .30 carbine caliber revolver that Mike Elam managed to procure over the course of his investigation.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
Sorting through the 1,000-page TBI file and associated audio and video requires, as Connie Elam, Mike’s wife, told me, a “police officer’s eye for details.”
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
Elam praised the venue and expressed hope that Crypto.com Arena would adopt some of the technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
In 1980 she talked about the need for more sex education programming before a group of New York broadcasters, which included Betty Elam, then the community affairs manager of WYNY-FM.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2024
Solitary confinement around the clock, with idleness during the day: Elam Lynds, before he hit on the congregate system, tried it back in 1821.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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