early American

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He also headed up the team for the experimental XP-80, an early American jet built in response to the Nazis’ Messerschmitt Me 262.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

But there were countless other people, their names lost to history, who built the institutions that strengthened early American communities and promoted human flourishing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative, pushed back saying that even early American presidents might have qualified as "habitual drunkards" by the standards of today.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Peter Mancall, a history professor at USC, has delved into major moments of political violence in early American history, and said a lot of it stemmed from “some perception of grievance.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025

Then the old nun would read from her favorite books, usually biographies of early American presidents.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez