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Hearn

American  
[hurn] / hɜrn /

noun

  1. Lafcadio Koizumi Yakumo, 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.


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A new prosecution of the defendant, Olympic canoeist David Hearn, would be unusual, especially after U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Attorney Jeanine Pirro stepped to a lectern last month and evinced no doubt that her office would prove that a former Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, had vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Salary cap regulations might not be high on everyone's holiday reading list, but agent Eddie Hearn might be interested if he's keen to get Henry Pollock's £1m pay-day.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Federal prosecutors charged several people with vandalism, including former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, a 65-year-old who maintains he just picked up a piece of loose lining because he was curious …

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

Moreover, in the last analysis, Hearn was no "product of his environment."

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould

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