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Tharp

American  
[thahrp] / θɑrp /

noun

  1. Twyla born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.


Tharp British  
/ θɑːp /

noun

  1. Twyla (ˈtwaɪlə). born 1941, US choreographer, whose work fuses classical ballet with modern dance

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Ja'Kobe Tharp broke the 110m hurdles world record during heats at the American college championships on Wednesday.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

"We put yeast Pex11 into our mutant plant cells to see if it could return the peroxisomes back to normal," Tharp said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Mr. Cheshire profiles Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp, who dedicated their professional lives to mapping the entirety of the ocean floor in partnership with National Geographic magazine and, later, the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

But data from the podcast analytics platform Podscribe, highlighted by the researcher Kyle Tharp, has Newsom’s with just 440,000 estimated downloads a month.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

If I'd known you'd been coming, I'd have kept Cecil Tharp.

From The Country House by Galsworthy, John

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