Alva
Americannoun
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Alva is one of the favorites to win the vote.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Krellenstein said Alva will target those reactors, where the hurdles have been costs and the downtime challenge of retrofitting decades-old, bespoke steam-turbine generator plants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
When 68-year-old skateboarding legend Tony Alva carved through the concrete bowl at the Surf Skate Expo in Cornwall, a point was made for all people of a similar age.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025
Alva featured in Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary about the original California skaters who pioneered vertical skating in empty swimming pools during the 1970s.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025
‘Let’s see. I know a lot of girls and boys there. Alva Richards—I know his father. And Maggie Henry. And a kid named Mick Kelly—’ He felt as though his ears had caught afire.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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