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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,” Kyle Scharnhorst said as he surveyed his damaged apartment complex.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2023

“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

The smoke was now impeding the firing, so Admiral Sturdee worked up to top speed, and got on the other side of the enemy, from which position the Scharnhorst was pounded mercilessly.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by James Edward Parrott

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