Newcomb
Americannoun
noun
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Newcomb said he’ll scan for deals at BJ’s Wholesale Club and Market Basket, while keeping his eye on fliers that land in his mailbox.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
Sean Newcomb, 33, RP, 1.6, 4.0: Newcomb was a first-round pick of the Angels in 2014 and broke into the majors with the Braves as a starter in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025
The Winnebago County coroner has identified those killed as 63-year-old Romona Schupbach; 23-year-old Jacob Schupbach; 49-year-old Jay Larson; and 15-year-old Jenna Newcomb.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024
A quake hit near the town of Newcomb in upstate New York with a 5.1 magnitude in 1983, and a 5.0-magnitude tremor was measured in New York City in 1884.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024
Newcomb worked alongside Director of the Geological Survey, John Wesley Powell, who had engineering training, to find a solution that improved on Jennings’s basic design.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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