Goering
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Buruma recounts one contemporary joke: “An airplane carrying Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels crashes. All three are killed. Who is saved? Answer: The German people.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Frustrated, he stepped down from the committee and, together with a University of Washington bioethicist named Sara Goering, decided to independently pursue the issue.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2024
But as the Nazi government took power, the collection also drew the interest of Hermann Goering, a powerful Nazi figure and the prime minister of Prussia.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2022
Hess, who was positioned behind only Hermann Goering in the succession hierarchy of the Nazi regime, told Hamilton he wanted to broker a peace deal between Britain and Germany.
From BBC • May 9, 2021
But what most surprised me in Namibia was a street sign: one of downtown Windhoek’s main roads was called Goering Street!
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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