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McPhee

American  
[muhk-fee] / məkˈfi /

noun

  1. John Angus, born 1931, U.S. writer.


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Soon they’d fill with water, and with what writer McPhee called “rock porridge,” a cold rolling lava of mud and debris and boulders the size of Volkswagens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Laura McPhee has travelled from Germany to Glasgow with her family for the World Pipe Band Championships, which takes place on Friday and Saturday.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

McPhee added that spearfishing represents "a different risk profile than other activities and requires different approaches for mitigation compared to surfing".

From Barron's ● May 24, 2026

McPhee marveled: “The industry is self-regulating and pays its own way.”

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Geologists, as McPhee has noted, found themselves in the giddying position that "the whole earth suddenly made sense."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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