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Goodyear

American  
[good-yeer] / ˈgʊdˌjɪər /

noun

  1. Charles, 1800–60, U.S. inventor: developer of the process of vulcanizing rubber.


Goodyear British  
/ ˈɡʊdˌjɪə /

noun

  1. Charles. 1800–60, US inventor of vulcanized rubber

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Goodyear was infected with hepatitis and HIV while at the school.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

New York City claims the earliest aerial traffic report, in the summer of 1935, by a police commander who monitored the weekend flow of Fords from a Goodyear blimp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Goodyear Tire & Rubber GT -3.48%decrease; down pointing triangle swung to a second-quarter loss as lower tire sales volume combined with higher costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

"They don't eliminate them. They just change when they happen and how they appear," Goodyear says.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

For the first day and a half after I arrived, Dad hovered over me like the Goodyear blimp over the Orange Bowl.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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