Ripley

American

[rip-lee] / ˈrɪp li /

noun

George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.

Ripley British

/ ˈrɪplɪ /

noun

George . 1802–80, US social reformer and transcendentalist: founder of the Brook Farm experiment in communal living in Massachusetts (1841)

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For anyone who thinks the Fed under Warsh isn’t going to be “squarely in a rate-hiking mood,” the 2-year Treasury yield above 4% looks pretty attractive, Ripley said.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

While Ripley and Berger were negotiating the acquisition of the retail chain, Goad was stalking the brand from afar, as she puts it now, hoping to one day work on its turnaround.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

He has a studio in Ripley, where some of the sessions for the album were recorded.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

As Ellen Ripley, Sigourney Weaver meets the threat with grit and nerve in a situation where there is nowhere to go and no help coming, a performance that helped define the modern action heroine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

He combed the countryside; he searched the antislavery town of Ripley.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

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