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Washington

[wosh-ing-tuhn, waw-shing-] / ˈwɒʃ ɪŋ tən, ˈwɔ ʃɪŋ- /


NOUN
Uncle Sam
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Less than a year later, Gannon returned to Washington, this time on the Emirati royal family’s private Boeing 787.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

But high-level officials in Washington worried Beijing was making intelligence inroads into the U.A.E.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Prominent Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara flew to exile Saturday in the United States after serving a five-year sentence on the island, as Washington urged Havana to release more than 700 political prisoners.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Eric Washington was at a party promoted on TikTok, surrounded by people he called friends and family, as they celebrated America’s 250th anniversary.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

I looked over to where the voice came from, and there was Ms. Washington staring right at me and heading straight for me.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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