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Everett

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[ev-er-it, ev-rit] / ˈɛv ər ɪt, ˈɛv rɪt /

noun

  1. Edward, 1794–1865, U.S. statesman, orator, and writer.

  2. a seaport in NW Washington on Puget Sound.

  3. a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

  4. a male given name.


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Everett chose UCLA, he said, because it was the only school where the recruiting pitch had nothing to do with track.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The only way the Army would let him go was if he was offered a track scholarship, which was about as likely as Everett finding the Loch Ness Monster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Danny Everett became a world champion by mistake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Everett hopes to make hosting those kinds of celebrations the next chapter of his life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

But Everett was well qualified: universally revered, and a dab hand at battlefields, he’d already played Concord, Lexington, and Bunker Hill.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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