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Sturges

American  
[stur-jis] / ˈstɜr dʒɪs /

noun

  1. Preston, 1898–1959, U.S. playwright and screenwriter.


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Circling back to the 1960 Sturges movie, near the end of the flick a character remarks that the Magnificent Seven gunslingers were “like the wind, blowing over the land and passing on.”

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Her anger is shared by Chloe's mother, Elaine Sturges, who was once married to Martin but split up with him many years ago.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

Inside Dakota Bob’s Western Wear — the largest permanent building at the swap meet — owner Margo Sturges also projected resilience.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

By the early 1970s he was organizing as many as 800 programs there each year, from Preston Sturges retrospectives to programs of Russian silent films, new German cinema and movies from Senegal.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

The king at once sent for Sturges Bourne and Goderich, as the most intimate adherents of Canning.

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)