Spee
Americannoun
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Treasure hunters raised the eagle in 2006 off the coast of Uruguay, where the Graf Spee had been scuttled in 1939 to stop it falling into enemy hands.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023
Yes, J. Edgar Hoover’s Airedale Spee De Bozo is buried here, but Petey, the dog from the “Our Gang” movies, is not.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2019
Spee and Marx make Peter and Susan’s good-natured earnestness interesting, while Hamp leavens Edmund’s petulance with enough naïveté to make the character relatable.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2016
Last year, aware of mounting pressure from the university, two of the clubs — Fox and Spee — voted to admit women.
From New York Times • May 6, 2016
Some 3,000 men must have perished, including von Spee and two of his sons.
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 Parrott, James Edward
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