Patterson
Americannoun
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Eleanor Medill Cissy, 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
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Floyd, 1935–2006, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1956–59, 1960–62.
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Frederick Douglass, 1901–1988, U.S. educator; founder of United Negro College Fund.
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Patterson has 28 days to decide if she will seek to convince the High Court of Australia to hear another appeal over the case.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Patterson is not expected to attend in person and watched her appeal by live video link from her prison, the maximum-security Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne's western suburbs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Comey joined the law firm Patterson Belknap earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The airman, identified, external by the military as Sgt Ian Patterson, a Tactical Air Control Party instructor at Joint Base San Antonio, died in hospital.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Mr. Patterson was sitting on his porch across the street.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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