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Hargreaves

American  
[hahr-greevz] / ˈhɑr grivz /

noun

  1. James, died 1778, English inventor of spinning machinery.


Hargreaves British  
/ ˈhɑːɡriːvz /

noun

  1. James. died 1778, English inventor of the spinning jenny

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Simon Belsham, Hargreaves Lansdown's chief client officer, says doing nothing might be easy but "often leads to poor returns".

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

For Germany, “victory was a possibility—and no more than that—in 1942,” Mr. Hargreaves concludes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Mr. Hargreaves, a British journalist who has published several books on World War II Germany, offers a well-written and carefully researched account that illuminates all sides of these grinding battles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Six players – England's Owen Hargreaves, Graeme Le Saux and Tony Dorigo, plus Scotland's Lyndon Dykes, Richard Gough and John Hewie – spent their entire childhoods abroad and are excluded from the analysis.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Just get my house on the 'phone, and tell Hargreaves that I'm at home, but that I'm not to be disturbed by any one.

From Loaded Dice by Ellery H. Clark

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