Riis
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The feeling from the fanbase is that the supply line to the forwards could do with supplementing as well as a replacement for the departed Emil Riis.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025
Riis exposed Lower East Side slum conditions in tenement photographs that would form the basis for his renowned book, “How the Other Half Lives.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025
Jesper Riis Christiansen believes that the findings demand vigilance.
From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024
Riis Beach has long been a haven for queer New Yorkers.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2022
Jacob Riis, the New York journalist who had devoted himself to revealing the squalid housing of America’s poor, came to Chicago bearing counsel of a graver sort.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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