Graves

¹ American  

[grahv, grav] / grɑv, grav /

noun

1. a wine-growing district in Gironde department, in SW France.

2. a dry, red or white table wine produced in this region.

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Graves ² American  

[greyvz] / greɪvz /

noun

1. Morris, 1910–2001, U.S. painter.

2. Robert (Ranke) 1895–1985, English poet, novelist, and critic.

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Graves ¹ British  

/ ɡrɑːv /

noun

1. (sometimes not capital) a white or red wine from the district around Bordeaux, France

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Graves ² British  

/ ɡreɪvz /

noun

1. Robert ( Ranke ). 1895–1985, English poet, novelist, and critic, whose works include his World War I autobiography, Goodbye to All That (1929), and the historical novels I, Claudius (1934) and Claudius the God (1934)

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Graves

But there is still so much darkness in “The Grapes of Wrath,” especially in its scenes of John Qualen’s Muley Graves, crumpled on the ground, suddenly a squatter on his own piece of land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Posting on X, Graves said he was "very concerned" that staff at the affected venues had been "placed under significant pressure and distress" for "simply doing their jobs".

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

For others, including her, the data is comforting, Graves Williamson said, because it lets them know that if they don’t land the kind of job they hoped for, they are hardly alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026

Food historian Carwyn Graves said while people may have their own associations with Christmas, trends are always changing alongside economic and social changes.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

Uncle Dutch says he was skin and bones after a few weeks, and the whole crew was grumbling about Captain Graves.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney