Gwendolyn
Americannoun
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However, Van Der Beek himself ended up building what would become the couple’s favorite piece: a wooden daybed that he designed not long after they welcomed their fifth child, Gwendolyn, in 2018.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Jay, and his wife, Gwendolyn Sanford, who work together as a composing team, lost their Altadena home, music studio and over 150 instruments and pieces of recording gear in the Eaton fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
Another resident, 96-year-old Gwendolyn Higgs, was similarly exasperated.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2024
Woods, who is based in Chicago, said she felt resonance between Gwendolyn Brooks’s street-level feel for that city and Coleman’s Los Angeles.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
The usual funeral line was moving down the aisle, only a few people left to take one last look at Gwendolyn Brown.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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