Spruance
Americannoun
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The Touska was sailing to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas when it was warned repeatedly over a six hours by the USS Spruance, a guided-missile destroyer, that it was violating the blockade, U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Besides the Spruance plant, DuPont makes Tyvek at a factory in Luxembourg in Europe.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2020
Roxanne Spruance, a Chicago native who worked at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and at WD-50, will handle the French bistro menu for the owner, Greg Hunt.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2012
Spruance almost gags when he hears his music described as "otherworldly."
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2012
The Fifth Fleet that Admiral Spruance sent in against Iwo Jima was the largest one that had ever sailed the Pacific.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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