Dampier
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Bruins’ inability to get any pressure on Dampier was the big story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2025
Rio exports from Dampier port and through Cape Lambert in the northern part of Western Australia state.
From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2023
"Prince Edward has kept a very low profile in recent years but his wife, Sophie, has become a star in her own right," said Dampier.
From Fox News ● Oct. 5, 2021
Dampier chose his career to support his insatiable interest in biology, and his field notes reveal a man easily distracted from the business of raiding a town by his delight at discovering colorful parrots.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2021
What Dampier has described and Defoe drawn materials from, no man can dare tox assert is wanting in interest.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
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