Leif
Americannoun
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Whittaker is survived by his wife, Dianne Roberts, and children Bobby, Joss and Leif.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Funding was provided by organizations including the Swedish Research Council, the Hållsten Research Foundation, the Alzheimer's Foundation and the private initiative Innovative ways to fight Alzheimer´s disease -- Leif Lundblad Family and others and RIKEN.
From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026
There is evidence to suggest that Leif Erikson, Erik’s son, went on to explore the lands around what is now New Foundland.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
They had a chance to take the lead when Callum Brittain's shirt-tug on Leif Davis won the visitors a 42nd-minute penalty but Brynn dived to his right to tip Hirst's spot-kick around the post.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
It was more than a hundred years before Leif the Fortunate, son of Erik the Red, rediscovered that land, which he would call Vineland.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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