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Yeager

American  
[yey-ger] / ˈjeɪ gər /

noun

  1. Charles (Elwood) Chuck, 1923–2020, U.S. aviator and test pilot: the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947).


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The Zillow post that advertised the Fullerton home was only up for a day, but in that time, it attracted the attention of Yeager — and several other interested renters.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

But Spencer never spoke with Yeager, who had already expressed her interest for the place though Zillow.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Test pilot Chuck Yeager, played by Sam Shepard at his soulful best, embodies older ways as the modern world rockets ever upward.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

It was the Dodgers’ first back-to-back World Series homers since Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager pulled off the feat in 1981.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2024

At NASA’s High-Speed Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base—the place where pilot Chuck Yeager first cracked through the sound barrier in 1947— engineer John Perry manned an X-15 simulator.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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