Speke
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Plans to expand AstraZeneca's site at Speke had been set out by the previous Conservative chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, in last March's Budget.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025
The unfailingly good-natured Bombay tried to play peacemaker, but Burton and Speke clashed often, piling up resentments and mutual antipathies that would never be fully resolved.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022
“River of the Gods” is a lean, fast-paced account of the almost absurdly dangerous quest by those two friends turned enemies, Richard Burton and John Speke, to solve the geographic riddle of their era.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2022
John Speke and Richard Burton should have been an excellent team, but became sworn enemies as they battled challenges from disease to backbreaking treks.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
The whole caravan under Speke mustered about two hundred persons.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Anna B. Badlam
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