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Hoover

[hoo-ver] / ˈhu vər /
NOUN
vacuum cleaner
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Though this is not the first time a flag has been draped on it, organizers have called the display “the most ambitious long-duration installation ever attempted at Hoover Dam.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

It’s a spectacle that comes at a challenging moment for Hoover Dam, as experts warn that Lake Mead’s dwindling water levels could threaten the dam’s ability to generate hydropower.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

His mother, whom J. Edgar Hoover would call “the most dangerous woman in America,” was born into a middle-class home and grew up in a suburb north of Milwaukee.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

After leaving the central bank in 2011, Warsh, among other things, served as a lecturer at Stanford University’s business school and as a visiting fellow at the university’s Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

“The theater attracts all sorts of shady characters. Always has,” Baron Hoover observed.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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