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Wrigley

American  
[rig-lee] / ˈrɪg li /

noun

  1. William, Jr., 1861–1932, U.S. chewing-gum manufacturer and baseball team owner.


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Officers responding to reports of a “family disturbance” in Long Beach’s Wrigley Heights neighborhood found 89-year-old William Porter pinned underneath a car outside a home in the 600 block of West Wardlow Blvd. around 2 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times

Robyn Wrigley, from the University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment, co-authored both studies and says the research provides long-term evidence of how different grazing impacts biodiversity and can help inform discussions about restoration.

From BBC

However, subsidies promoting trade-in purchases for cars and appliances "have had limited effect, bringing forward spending that would have taken place anyway and leading people to curb spending elsewhere", Duncan Wrigley from Pantheon Macroeconomics told AFP.

From Barron's

But according to his teammate and close friend Nico Hoerner, PCA feels at home in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.

From Los Angeles Times

“He couldn’t have more of an appreciation for the history of the game and playing in Wrigley Field. He’s excited to be a part of the city of Chicago in a way a lot of guys don’t really understand.”

From Los Angeles Times