Gus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Quarterback Gus Rodriguez completed all 14 of his passes for 214 yards and four touchdowns in win over Van Nuys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
According to Gus Hall’s obituary in the New York Times in 2000, Communist Party enrollment “had dwindled to about 3,000, down from a peak of about 66,000 in 1939.”
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
This office, though quiet on this Thursday, does get used—it is not just “a museum of history,” as Gus Hall used to call it.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
To their credit, Azan Awais and Shan Masood survived 12 overs in the gloom, even if Masood survived a tough chance to third slip Duckett off the bowling of Gus Atkinson.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
And then she went and told me about Gus’s dog named Skeeter who used to catch rabbits and bring them home for Gus and his sisters to play with.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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