Hemingway

American

[hem-ing-wey] / ˈhɛm ɪŋˌweɪ /

noun

Ernest (Miller), 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.

Hemingway British

/ ˈhɛmɪŋˌweɪ /

noun

Ernest. 1899–1961, US novelist and short-story writer. His novels include The Sun Also Rises (1926), A Farewell to Arms (1929), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), and The Old Man and the Sea (1952): Nobel prize for literature 1954

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One, by journalist Mollie Hemingway, calls him “the justice who reshaped the Supreme Court and restored the Constitution.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Thomas Harris grew up in the South as a bookish outcast, reading the works of Ernest Hemingway and Jonathan Swift.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Sure, Ernest Hemingway supposedly countered: “They have more money.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

It seems highly probable that Alito gave interviews to Hemingway, even if it was on background.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

The couches up front were occupied by students reading their paperbacks of Hemingway and Faulkner with highlighters in hand.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

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