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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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“When I saw my face I was shocked,” says Rosie Lee Hooks, director of the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Aliaina Hooks, another resident who has lived in the area for three years, said the streets have become much quieter in recent weeks.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

"Already, we are seeing storms move across the country that can bring additional hazards like tornadoes, flooding and hail," Federal Emergency Management Agency deputy administrator Erik A. Hooks said in a statement.

From Salon • May 24, 2024

PinkPantheress and Ice Spice, “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2” Hooks on hooks on hooks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2023

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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