Smalls
Americannoun
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Mr. Booker recounts how Robert Smalls ingeniously snuck a boat with both fellow slaves and arms past a Confederate blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
DiBergi finds Tufnel working as a cheesemonger in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Smalls as the proprietor of London glue museum and St Hubbins living in Los Angeles making answering machine jingles.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
“Many times during that tour, we got to the stage,” Smalls points out, proudly.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
His early music career success included helping launch the careers of Mary J Blige and Christopher Wallace - aka Biggie Smalls, or The Notorious B.I.G.
From BBC • May 4, 2025
Ben answered the phone and heard the voice of Arrabelle Smalls frayed with hysteria and almost unintelligible as she wept and tried to speak at the same time.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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