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dower

[dou-er] / ˈdaʊ ər /




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So I arranged to meet Leanne Dower, who has lived in Townhill all her life.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

As historians John Dower and Ronald Takaki have shown, such exterminationist sentiments were fueled by anti-Asian racism, which framed the Pacific War in the American imagination as a race war.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2025

“It’s a simple question of who gets to decide and under the Texas Constitution … that authority is vested in the governor of the state of Texas,” Dower said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2021

But maybe this documentary by John Dower can crack the case.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2020

"But how are we going to get him to the Dower House?"

From The Childerbridge Mystery by Boothby, Guy Newell




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