Orson
Americannoun
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Orson, sensing that he had discovered his life’s work, recruited his brother to join him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
In 1836, William Lloyd Garrison, the antislavery crusader, sat for a cranial exam with the brothers Lorenzo and Orson Fowler, but opted to conceal his identity from the pair of phrenologists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Orson has embarrassing gastric issues and watches alpha-male videos in the basement, where he also practices the bassoon.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed, Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick and many others made incredible films that directly contradicted the edicts of studio bosses at the behest of the government.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026
Orson and Marybelle were my dad’s uncle and my mom’s great-grandma.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
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