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Goddard

American  
[god-erd] / ˈgɒd ərd /

noun

  1. Robert Hutchings 1882–1945, U.S. physicist: pioneer in rocketry.


Goddard British  
/ ˈɡɒdɑːd /

noun

  1. Robert Hutchings. 1882–1945, US physicist. He made the first workable liquid-fuelled rocket

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Goddard Scientific  
/ gŏdərd /
  1. American physicist who developed numerous rockets and rocket devices, including the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1926), the first instrument-carrying rocket that could make observations in flight (1929), and the first rockets to exceed the speed of sound.


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Sarah Goddard, from North Yorkshire, became pregnant for the second time in August 2024.

From BBC

If the title holds much resonance today it’s because it was remade in 1939 as a sound film starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.

From The Wall Street Journal

That prompted a response from one of the abuse survivors, Fiona Goddard who said "for Phillips to suggest that any accusations of the scope being expanded .. is untrue is a lie and she knows it".

From BBC

Responding to the resignations of Ms Goddard and Ms Reynolds in the House of Commons, Phillips said she regretted the departure of the two women but added: "My door is always open to them."

From BBC

"Elizabeth" - not her real name - joined Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds, who quit the inquiry's victims and survivors liaison panel on Monday in protest.

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