Speke
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Boys Of Dungeon Lane was inspired by his childhood in post-war Liverpool, and named after a road in Speke that leads to the Mersey shore, where the young McCartney would spend afternoons bird-watching.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
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
Burton and Speke together reached the one that Europeans would call Lake Tanganyika, but only Speke glimpsed the other — Nyanza, a.k.a.
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
Conspicuous among his explorations is his trip of 1856, when with Speke he discovered the lake regions of Central Africa.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner
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