Amos
Americannoun
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a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
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a book of the Bible bearing his name.
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a first name: from a Hebrew word meaning “burden.”
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a Hebrew prophet of the 8th century bc
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the book containing his oracles
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I saw Australian comic Amos Gill last week at the D.C Comedy Loft, where he brought up the problem I mentioned up top.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Huger wrote for instructions to Postmaster General Amos Kendall, as well as New York Postmaster Samuel Gouverneur, from whose office the offending literature had been shipped.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Related documentaries at Venice include "Citizen Osama", about a photojournalist in Gaza, and "Road to Jericho", about the Israeli-occupied West Bank from Israeli director Amos Gitai.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
"This is what I would call a major oil slick," said John Amos, CEO of Skytruth, a specialist satellite environmental monitoring group.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Okay, I know exactly where we are,” said Amos.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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