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Scharnhorst

American  
[shahrn-hawrst] / ˈʃɑrn hɔrst /

noun

  1. Gerhard Johann David von 1755–1813, Prussian general.


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As critic Gary Scharnhorst writes in an afterword to a recent edition of this classic: “The riposte to ‘it can’t happen here’ is ‘it already has.”

From Salon • May 17, 2025

“It hit so quick, it was incredible,” Lahaina resident Kyle Scharnhorst said as he surveyed his apartment complex’s damage in the morning.

From Washington Times • Aug. 11, 2023

“By 1910, his novels were enjoying estimated annual sales of over one million,” writes Scharnhorst.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2014

Angie Scharnhorst of Overland Park, Kan., had an early morning plane flight and if she wasn't carrying her smartphone while walking her dog Ruby at 2 a.m.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2011

That which Stein, Sch�n, and Scharnhorst have begun tends to this consummation; it was the signal for supreme promises, and yet the coronation of the building has been left unfinished to the present day.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

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