Grimm

American

[grim] / grɪm /

noun

Jakob Ludwig Karl 1785–1863, and his brother Wilhelm Karl 1786–1859, German philologists and folklorists.

Grimm British

/ ɡrɪm /

noun

Jakob Ludwig Karl (ˈjaːkɔp ˈluːtvɪç karl), 1785–1863, and his brother, Wilhelm Karl (ˈvɪlhɛlm karl), 1786–1859, German philologists and folklorists, who collaborated on Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812–22) and began a German dictionary. Jakob is noted also for his philological work Deutsche Grammatik (1819–37), in which he formulated the law named after him

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Grimm also noted that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts himself opposes the impeachment of Boasberg.

From Salon

I started a Dungeons & Dragons company six years ago now called Beadle & Grimm’s.

From Los Angeles Times

“Rumpelstiltskin” is surely one of the more peculiar tales in the Brothers Grimm canon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Anduril’s new Long Beach facility will employ about 5,500 workers, with thousands more indirect jobs generated through construction, security, and supporting services, Grimm said.

From Los Angeles Times

"The planet has a fever, and as a result we are seeing a cluster of severe and intense weather events," Tobias Grimm, Munich Re's chief climate scientist, told AFP.

From Barron's

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