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Hoover

[hoo-ver] / ˈhu vər /
NOUN
vacuum cleaner
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Mr. Wolfowitz is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Stanford’s Hoover Institution has housed former secretaries of State and national security advisors for decades.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Built to provide electricity for the southwestern United States and to irrigate Nevada, it was the great cause of Herbert Hoover.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

He compared himself to both Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

To the surprise of many of the department’s critics, Stone selected J. Edgar Hoover, the twenty-nine-year-old deputy director of the bureau, to serve as acting director while he searched for a permanent replacement.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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