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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 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

Fun fact: Director Will Gluck, the man behind “Anyone But You” and “Easy A,” has a pretty strong track record in the genre.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“Ambiance complies with the law when it hires employees and it has always only hired people it believes have the legal right to work in the United States,” said Benjamin Gluck, a lawyer representing Ambiance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

It took about an hour on a weeknight after work, and afterward, Gluck made a throwaway joke to the technician: Am I glowing from the radioactive tracer?

From Slate • May 2, 2025

She asked Gluck if he wasn’t awfully young to be in the army.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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