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Nathaniel

American  
[nuh-than-yuhl] / nəˈθæn jəl /

noun

  1. Bartholomew.

  2. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “gift of God.”


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“The RSF can’t project force any other way right now, so they’re lobbing drones like aerial IEDs,” said Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Nathaniel Padua, 20, joined Complete last year after stints at fast-food restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Nathaniel Fillmore, PhD, at Harvard Medical School, also served as co-senior author.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

So far, just two—Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rep. Nathaniel Moran of Texas—have directly criticized Trump over his threat.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2026

Donald Byrne, the United States Open champion, said he was so on edge that he spent the entire day before the match trying not to think of chess, reading the romantic prose of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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