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[gawnt] / gɔnt /


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There’s a healthy place for AI in business communications, Gaunt says: crisis communicators can use it as a “devil’s advocate” when evaluating approaches or stress-testing strategies.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Mr Gaunt says the police "rarely if ever" attend when called - and the first thing they ask is if the criminal is "still on site".

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

Gaunt and weakened by cancer at 42, his father reached for the buttons on Kerr’s shirt, fiddled with them and said something about getting ready to catch the plane to their cabin in the woods.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Gaunt men and “children, big-eyed and thin,” walked up and clutched the rabbi’s raincoat.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2024

“Be quiet, boy, ” snarled Gaunt in Parseltongue, and Morfin fell silent again.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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