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Tamm

American  
[tahm] / tɑm /

noun

  1. Igor Evgenievich 1895–1971, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958.


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COPENHAGEN—Martin Tamm Andersen spent his 20s fighting the U.S.-led global war on terror in places other American allies refused to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Those solar supporters included Rev. Daniel Tamm, a deacon who spoke on behalf of the Bishop’s Commission on Climate Change, an initiative of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

The transient nature of the comb jelly anus was discovered in 2019 by Sidney L. Tamm at the Marine Biological Laboratory.

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2021

“It’s baloney, beyond belief,” agrees John Tamm, a former FBI agent on the Philadelphia field office’s labor squad who investigated Sheeran and once arrested him.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2019

Tamm you, I wass steerin' by th' win' pefore you wass porn, aye!

From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by David W. Bone

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