Uriah Heep
Americannoun
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There’s no denying the pleasure of seeing Dickens’s Peggottys transformed into the kindly Peggots, or his oily villain Uriah Heep recast as a sniveling assistant football coach named U-Haul Pyles.
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022
Ken Hensley, best known as the keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter for the British hard rock band Uriah Heep, died on Wednesday at age 75.
From Fox News • Nov. 5, 2020
However, he did take part in a number of impromptu reunions with his former bandmates, often at the Uriah Heep Annual Convention.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2020
Similarly, Ben Whishaw’s quietly slinking Uriah Heep, squinting from beneath pudding-bowl bangs, is a creepy joy.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2020
For "Uriah Heep," who "loves to be 'umble," a Silver Medal was awarded to Mr. Pike.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
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