Piercy
Americannoun
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It’s June and “The green will never / again be so green, so purely and lushly / new,” as the poet Marge Piercy put it.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2024
Thirty years later, in 1926, an English woman, Violet Piercy, ran the London Marathon course unofficially in 3:40:22 and completed two official marathons in 1933 and 1936.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2023
Hodges set the 54-hole tournament record at 193, two strokes better than the score Scott Piercy took into the final round last year.
From Washington Times • Jul. 31, 2023
The Tribe upped their lead to 20-3 when holder Andrew Piercy tossed the ball to kicker Ethan Chang for a 17-yard touchdown on a fake field-goal attempt.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2022
There Piercy died and was buried without ceremony where he had fallen.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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