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Tennant

American  
[ten-uhnt] / ˈtɛn ənt /

noun

  1. Smithson, 1761–1815, English chemist: discoverer of osmium and iridium.


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As the temperature heads below freezing, powerful pyrotechnics light up the sky and Tennant does indeed stand in a bush looking furtive, as promised.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Mr. Tennant returns, too, providing drily hilarious narration to what is purely ridiculous, including English- and logic-torturing pronouncements and press statements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Campbell started performing as a teenager to make friends; Robertson did so after the “lightbulb moment” of seeing fellow Scot David Tennant in “Doctor Who.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

SOG, as narrator David Tennant clearly likes to say, is a trinational committee in charge of the public presentation of the 2026 “tournament.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

“The drummer there is Doug ‘the Thug’ Tennant, the sax man is Harrison Eddie ‘Steady’ Patrick...”

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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