Burnside
Americannoun
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Gen. Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac, “but if the couchant lion postpones his spring too long, people will begin wondering whether he is not a stuffed specimen after all.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Then, when I was talking to a friend, he reminded me that I knew this place — the Pico Burnside Baths, which was an old Russian Jewish bathhouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
“People are scared,” says Melissa Kono, the elected town clerk in Burnside, Wisconsin.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024
Wearing body cameras, he and brother Clancy Bundy and cowhand Cache Burnside ride hard on horseback roping bulls across the scrubby range, aided by the family dog, Kaylie.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
Burnside forms a smile through a set of teeth too white to not be fake.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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