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Wheelock

American  
[hwee-lok, wee-] / ˈʰwi lɒk, ˈwi- /

noun

  1. Eleazar, 1711–79, U.S. clergyman and educator: founded Dartmouth College.


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At the Wheelock Hall farm shop, a man told me the standing charge on his energy bills had gone up and his car insurance had doubled.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2024

“History painting in general is less known, and less appreciated, but it’s a very important part of Dutch art,” said Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., a senior adviser to the Leiden Collection, in an interview.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2023

In the 1990s, NGA curator Arthur Wheelock, an acknowledged Vermeer expert and recently retired, had “Girl With a Flute” designated as “attributed to Vermeer.”

From Washington Post Oct. 7, 2022

For the recent excursion onto the icy bay, Wheelock and Sand affixed cleats to their boots and lugged a sled and wheeled cart loaded with tools and supplies.

From Seattle Times Mar. 1, 2022

"So I am;" and there was no doubt that Wheelock meant it.

From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold

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