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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

"The vesicles taking pieces of membrane as they form may help control the peroxisome's growth," 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

It was against the full moon one night in the immemorial year of Tharp that I saw outlined the beckoning form of the celestial bird, and felt the first stirrings of unrest.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)

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