Frances
Americannoun
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Trainer Carl Nafzger famously described Unbridled’s stretch run to 92-year-old owner Frances Genter, whose eyesight was failing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
Sixteen years after The Social Network, which depicted the birth of Facebook, a sequel will explore the 2021 Facebook leak by whistleblower Frances Haugen.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
He joins Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson and Walter Brennan as the only male actors with three Oscars -- a feat also achieved by Meryl Streep, Ingrid Bergman, Frances McDormand and Katharine Hepburn, who won four.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Though he married into the powerful Howard family, we know little of his wife, Frances.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Mom refused to let go of our home phone because she was afraid of another hurricane disaster, like Jeanne and Frances, which had both hit Florida in September 2004.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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