Speke
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Anyone who was driving in the area near Speke Road on Tuesday and may have dashcam footage relevant to the investigation has also been urged to contact police.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025
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
He first went south to Lake Windermere, a small body of water so named by Captain Speke, because of its fancied resemblance to the lake of that name in England.
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler
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