Vernon
Americannoun
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Edward Old Grog, 1684–1757, British admiral.
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a town in N Connecticut.
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a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
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a city in N Texas.
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a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “springlike.”
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Henry Hobbs, Noah Hobbs, Ethan Vernon and Ollie Wood also won bronze for GB in the men's team pursuit, defeating France in the bronze medal ride-off.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Vernon, NY, to see the Gang of Four.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Their company started in the 1940s as a stand in a Mount Vernon, N.Y., toy store where their mother worked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
He said fellow BBC presenters Sara Cox, Paddy McGuinness and Vernon Kay had previously achieved "extraordinary things" for Children in Need, adding: "I've got a lot to live up to."
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
What would have happened to Ona Judge Staines had she been returned to Mount Vernon?
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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