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Gluck

American  
[glook] / glʊk /

noun

  1. Alma Reba FiersohnMme. Efrem Zimbalist, 1884–1938, U.S. operatic soprano, born in Romania.

  2. Christoph Willibald von 1714–87, German operatic composer.

  3. Louise, 1943–2023, U.S. poet: Nobel Prize in Literature 2020.


Gluck British  
/ ɡlʊk /

noun

  1. Christoph Willibald von (ˈkrɪstɔf ˈvɪlibalt fɔn). 1714–87, German composer, esp of operas, including Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) and Alceste (1767)

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Gluck submitted the book to publishers in a heated auction that September.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Gluck first heard about “Theo” last summer from a retired editor friend who’d read it with her book club.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Gluck praised the verdict during an interview with The Times.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2025

“While it is with sadness that Atlas has agreed to close its recycling operations, this decision reflects the evolving land use along the Alameda Corridor,” wrote Gluck in a statement to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2025

They were guarded by a sixteen-year-old German named Werner Gluck.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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