Spee
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Graf Spee had been a great threat to the Allied forces in WWII, having sunk eight merchant ships between the outbreak of war in September 1939 and the end of that year.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2023
Yes, J. Edgar Hoover’s Airedale Spee De Bozo is buried here, but Petey, the dog from the “Our Gang” movies, is not.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2019
Mike Spee hems and haws with blood-pressure-raising exasperation as a beleaguered hotel manager.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2017
Last year, a few relented: The Spee and Fox admitted women, though in response to alumni backlash the Fox’s were provisional members.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2016
Some 3,000 men must have perished, including von Spee and two of his sons.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by James Edward Parrott
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