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Appeared in the April 9, 2026, print edition as 'Cease-Fire Teeters on Its First Day'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“If we weren’t here, Las Vegas wouldn’t exist,” said LaDonna Teeters, 59, a unionized bartender who’s spent 27 years at Park MGM.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

LeShon Collins and John Teeters joined Spearmon and Lee on the 400 relay, with Teeters holding off Jamaica’s Jevaughn Minzie on the final leg to win in 38.87 seconds.

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2017

After marrying a fellow student, Robert D. Teeters, they both went to the University of Michigan to pursue graduate studies — he in biology, she in economics.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2014

“When I come back,” he spoke propitiatingly, “the day after to-morrow, probably we’ll go and see that petrified tree of which Teeters told us.”

From The Fighting Shepherdess by Lockhart, Caroline