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

The assumption seems to be that we don’t know who he is, and many viewers probably don’t, despite his prominent place in early American letters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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

Other laws and commissions enacted in early American history similarly divided up power within the executive branch, limiting presidential control.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2025

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

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez