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Congreve

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


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"We turn them up and we measure them, they're dead pretty quickly," says Mr Congreve.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023

The Restoration saw Britain’s first-ever professional actresses, and both Otway and Congreve helped them shine.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2019

She excelled at comedy and tragedy, acting in plays by Congreve, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Noël Coward and contemporary English playwrights such as Peter Shaffer.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2015

Also on hand is a model of a British Congreve rocket used in the assault.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2012

As a by-product, it threw the duchesse into a frame of mind described by Congreve in his line about the Gehenna-like fury of a woman scorned.

From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson