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Sprague

American  
[spreyg] / spreɪg /

noun

  1. Frank Julian, 1857–1934, U.S. electrical engineer and inventor.


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In addition to Ms. Sprague, she is survived by another granddaughter, Katharine Sprague; her daughter, Alison Linkhorn; and one great-granddaughter.

From New York Times

Her granddaughter Ashley Sprague confirmed the death.

From New York Times

Alex Sprague, one of the group’s members, said they at most had gotten a few dozen signatures, which was not enough to meet the threshold.

From Washington Post

The album features a roiling horn section rising to ecstatic climaxes, though in Seattle she will be accompanied by a quartet: Miro Sprague, piano; Karl McComas-Reichl, bass; Mark Ferber, drums; Alan Ferber, trombone.

From Seattle Times

If Ken Sprague could replay the founding of the NPC, he says, he wouldn’t have cheated to put Manion in the top job.

From Washington Post