Hans
Americannoun
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The FCC gathering included the league’s top media executive, Hans Schroeder, who oversees how the NFL licenses games to its media partners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Hans Zimmer brought an orchestra and performed his biggest music from the movies too.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
In June 1530 Hans Holbein the Younger was rounded up for being a truant from the Reformed Church and its newfangled Eucharist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Hans Tino Hansen of the Risk Intelligence firm told AFP the number of warships in western navies equipped for a convoy mission had fallen by 75 percent since 1988.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
She longed to graduate and join her older brother, Hans, whom she adored, at the University of Munich, where she planned to study biology and philosophy.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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