Bonneville
Americannoun
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In 1984, he began learning the complicated world of power trading when he got a job at the Bonneville Power Administration, a federal agency that supplies electricity to about a third of the Pacific Northwest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Like James Gandolfini in “Loop,” or Daniel Kaluuya in “Get Out,” or Eddie Albert in “Green Acres,” Mr. Bonneville is playing the only bona-fide sane adult in a crowd beset by mental malfunction, i.e, agendas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Between 20,000 and 30,000 years ago, the region was covered by Lake Bonneville, a massive freshwater lake.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2026
The familiar story unfolds as the miserly Mr Sood is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, played by Hugh Bonneville, Billy Porter and Boy George.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
And of course saw no shadow, no Bonneville.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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