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Congreve

[kon-greev, kong-] / ˈkɒn griv, ˈkɒŋ- /


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Watch League Two Bromley take a shock lead as Cameron Congreve scores within eight minutes against Newcastle United in the FA Cup at St James' Park.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025

Any woman of a certain age in anything by Shakespeare, Dickens, Congreve, Dryden or Sheridan.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021

The Way of the World, written and directed by Theresa Rebeck, adapted from the play by William Congreve.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2018

The quote about Alexander the Great that they use in Die Hard is actually bastardised from dramatist William Congreve.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2017

Of Restoration tragedies, Banks's "Unhappy Favorite" and Lee's "Rival Queens" were perhaps the most popular, and other plays of Banks, Lee, Otway, Dryden, Congreve, and Southerne were acted yearly.

From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike




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