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Stratton

American  
[strat-n] / ˈstræt n /

noun

  1. Charles Sherwood General Tom Thumb, 1838–83, U.S. dwarf who performed in the circus of P. T. Barnum.


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Afterward, Lam embarked on “what only can be described as an outrageous and exorbitant spending spree,” Stratton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Gov. Juliana Stratton of Illinois won her state’s Democratic primary for U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Stratton, like Krishnamoorthi, announced her campaign shortly after Durbin announced his retirement, but unlike Krishnamoorthi, she didn’t have $19 million in campaign funds to draw on.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

The call lasted about five minutes, and at the end, Cole-Wilkin, of Long Stratton, Norfolk, was told she had passed the screening.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

In 1840, during the presidential election campaign, Daniel Webster gave an address to 20,000 people on Stratton Mountain in Vermont.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson