Walter
Americannoun
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Bruno Bruno Schlesinger, 1876–1962, German opera and symphony conductor, in U.S. after 1939.
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Thomas Ustick 1804–87, U.S. architect.
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a male given name.
noun
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Bruno (ˈbruːno), real name Bruno Walter Schlesinger. 1876–1962, US conductor, born in Germany: famous for his performances of Haydn, Mozart, and Mahler
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John . 1739–1812, English publisher; founded The Daily Universal Register (1785), which in 1788 became The Times
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Nobody knows for sure just how hard legendary flamethrowers like Walter Johnson, Bob Feller or Nolan Ryan truly threw.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
CBS, a mainstay of the broadcast television landscape, was once home to famed US journalists Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
On May 26, Trump had his third “annual” exam in 13 months at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, after which he posted, “Everything checked out PERFECTLY.”
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
Trump visited the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday for the exam, writing on his Truth Social platform afterwards that "everything checked out perfectly".
From BBC • May 30, 2026
But at Walter Reed, it was all that was on offer.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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