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Houghton

American  
[hoht-n] / ˈhoʊt n /

noun

  1. Henry Oscar, 1823–95, U.S. publisher.


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Collaborators and co-authors Terry Plank of Columbia University and Bruce Houghton of the University of Hawaii, Manoa, traveled to Mount Etna to systematically collect samples.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

As Merryl Goldberg relates in her account of the adventure, “Notes of Deception,” written with the intelligence historian Vince Houghton, she and her friends were traveling incognito.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Steph Houghton: Rashford staying would be a massive bonus because we know his quality and he has a different skillset to a lot of the forwards they have already.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Step Houghton: That experience is what people were saying they were missing last season.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

In March, Rocco drove me to Houghton College so I could visit my friends.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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