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Hamm

American  
[hahm] / hɑm /

noun

  1. a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in W Germany.


Hamm British  
/ ham /

noun

  1. an industrial city in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: a Hanse town from 1417; severely damaged in World War II. Pop: 184 961 (2003 est)

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In January, shale pioneer Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources made its second acquisition in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale play.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here he is for Ritz, alongside Jon Hamm and Scarlett Johansson, letting a couple dead-on-arrival punchlines fly.

From Slate

Actor Jon Hamm hosted the NFL's end-of-season awards night on Thursday, which was attended by Steve Irwin's son Robert, who earlier in the day took a snake into the media centre to help promote the first NFL game in Melbourne later this year.

From BBC

Knight said she took inspiration for that campaign from the 1999 Women’s World Cup soccer team of Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy and Brandi Chastain, which not only won the title but soon after began the decades-long fight with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, she at first finds Mr. Hamm’s “Mad Men” costar, a touchy John Slattery, living out of his garage.

From The Wall Street Journal