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Pinchot

American  
[pin-shoh] / ˈpɪn ʃoʊ /

noun

  1. Gifford, 1863–1946, U.S. political leader, forester, and teacher.


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Roosevelt disliked Woodruff and kept him at arm’s length, although he did allow Pinchot to hire Woodruff at the Agriculture Department.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

No matter the book or its characters, Pinchot says, “it’s the one performative art where an actor can focus more on the narrative intention than their own gender and ethnicity.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2025

Who doesn’t love seeing Ken Marino be a jerk, Jason Lee portray another loser or Bronson Pinchot do his "loopy foreigner" act again, only this time as a chef from a real country?

From Salon Mar. 20, 2025

Open fires are prohibited across the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

From Seattle Times Sep. 1, 2023

Since no hotel would take them, they had been invited to stay at the Washington home of Gifford Pinchot, the former governor of Pennsylvania.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman

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