Erma
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Erma Jackson, who has a home childcare center in Chicago, told Salon the mere presence of ICE in Chicago is absolutely affecting children and schools across the city.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2025
“When I was a teenager, every girl in the entire Western world wore a poodle skirt,” the humorist Erma Bombeck wrote in a 1984 column.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2024
He and wife Erma raised six children there.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023
“I watched the Watergate hearings for three days before I realized it wasn’t the ‘Secret Storm,’ ” wrote humor columnist Erma Bombeck.
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022
After he left, Vaughan called Katherine Goble and another woman, Erma Tynes, to her desk.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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