Sinclair
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Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
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May, 1865?–1946, British novelist.
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Upton (Beall) 1878–1968, U.S. novelist, socialist, and reformer.
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a male given name: a family name taken from a French placename, Saint Clair.
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Sir Clive ( Marles ). born 1940, English electronics engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, who produced such electronic goods as pocket calculators and some of the first home computers; however, the Sinclair C5 (1985), a small light electric vehicle for one person, proved a commercial failure
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Upton ( Beall ). 1878–1968, US novelist, whose The Jungle (1906) exposed the working and sanitary conditions of the Chicago meat-packing industry and prompted the passage of food inspection laws
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Sinclair regularly wore his kippah with the Israeli and Palestinian flags on a black background over the past 20 years, after he specially ordered it from a shop in Jerusalem.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Sinclair said he was then frisked and locked in a cell.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Carson 15, Gardena 4: Kris Sinclair had two hits and three RBIs for the Colts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
“No matter what he says, people are going to throw rocks,” says Paul Sinclair, a former Atlantic Records executive, who is now chief music officer for Suno.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
“We know Stavros Sinclair is packing up his paintings,” offered Rio.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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