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Fong

American  
[fawng, fong] / fɔŋ, fɒŋ /

noun

  1. Hiram L(eong) 1907–2004, U.S. lawyer and senator from Hawaii 1959–77.


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This isn’t See’s first time digging through archives to interrogate the truth of the place where her great-grandparents Fong See and Letticie Pruett settled in 1897.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

Fong has made a habit of searching far afield for Knicks tickets, packing up his family of four during the regular season to sit courtside in Memphis for a pittance compared with New York prices.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

“It makes me a little bit sad, to be honest, that there isn’t a better way of getting these long-suffering fans in at a more reasonable rate,” Fong said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

“It didn’t have to be a Sunday morning, it could’ve been a Saturday evening,” says Fong.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

“And Mr. Fong gave Mario a fortune cookie too,” Chester was saying.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden

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