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Townsend

American  
[toun-zuhnd] / ˈtaʊn zənd /

noun

  1. Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.


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Former England footballer Andros Townsend has avoided serious injury after being run over by a pitch roller during the warm-up for a league match in Thailand, the Daily Star reports.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Xavier Townsend had 162 yards receiving and two touchdowns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Browne has benefited from the addition of two premier slot receivers in Florida Atlantic transfer Asaad Waseem and Iowa State transfer Xavier Townsend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

"Tesla is really just getting started," said Anthony Townsend, a senior research associate at Cornell Tech, a policy research organization in New York.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

The stories say Townsend was in love with Agent 355 and was expecting British counterintelligence officers to arrest them both.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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