Thurber
Americannoun
noun
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Thurber noted that Obama and Biden required their appointees to comply with an ethics pledge to avoid conflicts of interest.
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025
“She will go down in history as one of the most important speakers,” James Thurber, a congressional expert at Washington’s American University, said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
My first school production was an adaptation of “A Thurber Carnival,” a James Thurber revue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
"Members of coral microbial communities have unique biological features that make them more adaptable and responsive to environmental change -- short generation cycles, large population sizes and diverse metabolic potential," Vega Thurber said.
From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023
But Ross, it seems, was unmoved by sarcasm, and in the end Thurber simply had to resign himself to Ross’s way of thinking.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
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