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Shriver

American  
[shrahy-ver] / ˈʃraɪ vər /

noun

  1. (Robert) Sargent, Jr. 1915–2011, U.S. businessman and government official: first director of the U.S. Peace Corps, 1961–66.


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Shriver said Dane was heroic in the way he handled his disease and used his platform to raise awareness about ALS.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Author and activist Maria Shriver, a member of the Kennedy family, offered a pointed post on X, saying the facility is suffering because "no one wants to perform there any longer" and that "everybody's canceling."

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Shriver says that what motivates her is to make a point that nobody else is making.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Not only is Shriver herself a lightning rod, but “A Better Life” is a novel about a torpedo of an issue: immigration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Watts Hill, Jr., chairman of Home Security Life Insurance, and a member of one of Durham’s leading families, defended the head of Operation Breakthrough in a letter to OEO director Sargent Shriver.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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