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Trumbo

American  
[truhm-boh] / ˈtrʌm boʊ /

noun

  1. Dalton, 1905–76, U.S. novelist and screenwriter.


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On the night of the election, I was with a veteran activist who told me a story about Dalton Trumbo, the blacklisted writer.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025

"Previous observations from the Hubble Space Telescope show evidence for ocean-derived salt in Tara Regio," explained Trumbo.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2023

In June 2015, he was traded to the Diamondbacks along with catcher Welington Castillo and minor leaguers Gabriel Guerrero and Jack Reinheimer in exchange for outfielder Mark Trumbo and left-handed pitcher Vidal Nuño.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

Her last major role was in “Johnny Got His Gun,” a 1971 antiwar film based on a book by Trumbo, the once-ostracized screenwriter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2022

Lucy Trumbo Martin screamed at the sound of the first shot, though until that moment she had not known her husband was on the train.

From Blue Ridge Country by Erskine Caldwell

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