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Tom Sawyer

American  

noun

  1. (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer )a novel (1876) by Mark Twain.


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Now the site "stands on the threshold of a new epoch", said Tom Sawyer, chief executive of Milford Haven Port Authority.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2024

Fantasmic featured fire, fountains of water and projections of classic Disney characters in a show performed on Tom Sawyer Island along the Rivers of America.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2023

Workers were safely evacuated from Tom Sawyer Island, where the performance takes place, Disneyland said in a statement.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2023

House Democratic Leader Tom Sawyer issued a statement urging Coleman to resign and calling his arrest “extremely disturbing.”

From Seattle Times Nov. 1, 2021

Knowing Babbage was a middle schooler just like them made her all the more irritated that he or she had poached Tom Sawyer.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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