Wells
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Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
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H(erbert) G(eorge), 1866–1946, English novelist and historian.
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Horace, 1815–48, U.S. dentist: pioneered use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic.
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Ida Bell Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, 1862–1931, U.S. journalist and civil rights leader.
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a historic town in eastern Somersetshire, in southwestern England: known for its cathedral.
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Henry. 1805–78, US businessman, who founded (1852) with William Fargo the express mail service Wells, Fargo and Company
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H ( erbert ) G ( eorge ). 1866–1946, British writer. His science-fiction stories include The Time Machine (1895), War of the Worlds (1898), and The Shape of Things to Come (1933). His novels on contemporary social questions, such as Kipps (1905), Tono-Bungay (1909), and Ann Veronica (1909), affected the opinions of his day. His nonfiction works include The Outline of History (1920)
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Meanwhile, Iga Swiatek's hopes of reaching the WTA Finals in Indian Wells have suffered a setback with the world number nine having withdrawn from the Ningbo Open because of a thigh injury.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Victories over 2025 Australian Open champion Madison Keys and former world number eight Emma Navarro in Indian Wells led to a meeting with now world number one Elena Rybakina in the fourth round.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Wells dismissed those fears on Thursday and said a previous clause in the draft legislation that would have granted ministerial powers to define harmful content had been removed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Wells Fargo’s Scharf hinted that the AI boom was similar to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Pete Redmarley and Nick Yew said they went rabbiting with their ferrets up the bridle path one time, and that it's blocked by a new estate in Malvern Wells.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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