Wavell
Americannoun
noun
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The house turns 100 this year, Wavell said, and she and her husband have been talking to it as if it’s a family member.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025
As was British officer and later Field Marshal Archibald Wavell: “After the ‘war to end war,’ they seem to have been pretty successful in Paris at making the ‘Peace to end Peace.’
From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2021
What: Reread “Lord of the Rings” and “Other Men’s Flowers,” an anthology of poems by Lord Wavell which includes almost all of my favorites.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021
Defending champion Wavell Avenue returned $13.80 and $8.80, while Paulassilverling was another 1 1/4 lengths back in third and paid $9.20 to show.
From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2016
After showing on the left General Wavell swept round on the right, sending the North Staffordshires towards the north side.
From The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 by Young, Filson
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