Tom Sawyer
Americannoun
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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
The fire, water and light show normally operates twice a night from Tom Sawyer Island, and most park visitors watch from the opposite shore, near New Orleans Square.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 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
By the second grade, I was intimately familiar with and capable of discussing in some detail Tom Sawyer and Uncle Tom's Cabin.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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