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Hooks

American  
[hooks] / hʊks /

noun

  1. Benjamin Lawson, 1925–2010, U.S. lawyer, clergyman, and civil rights advocate: executive director of the NAACP 1977–93.


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Arina Hooks peppered the audience with questions about how they would go about starting their own business.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

He gave a long list of previous cast members, noting several who had died including veteran SNL-ers Chris Farley and Norm MacDonald along with Gilda Radner, Jan Hooks and Phil Hartman.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2025

Betancourt ultimately comes to the conclusion popularized by the writer Bell Hooks, which is that amid any discussion of identity comes the undeniable: our humanity.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2025

Hooks help you streamline open storage without cluttering a small space with a wardrobe.

From Seattle Times Jan. 19, 2024

The arrangement, she explained at the behest of Alvin Hooks when the court had been called into session again, included a five-hundred-dollar down payment and an eight-year “lease-to-own” contract.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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