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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

Scharnhorst notes that cheap editions of the novels flooded the market between 1899 and 1920, many of them “silently abridged.”

From Slate Sep. 29, 2014

As chief of 149 engineers, and a member of the reorganizing committee, he played a great part, along with Scharnhorst, in the work of reconstructing the Prussian army.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

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