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Wagner

American  
[wag-ner, vahg-ner, vahg-nuhr] / ˈwæg nər, ˈvɑg nər, ˈvɑg nər /

noun

  1. Honus John Peter, 1874–1955, U.S. baseball player.

  2. Otto 1841–1918, Austrian architect.

  3. Richard 1813–83, German composer.

  4. Robert F(erdinand), 1877–1953, U.S. politician.

  5. his son Robert F(erdinand), Jr., 1910–91, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1954–65.


Wagner British  
/ ˈvɑːɡnə /

noun

  1. Otto. 1841–1918, Austrian architect, whose emphasis on function and structure in such buildings as the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna (1904–06), influenced the development of modern architecture

  2. ( Wilhelm ) Richard (ˈrɪçart). 1813–83, German romantic composer noted chiefly for his invention of the music drama. His cycle of four such dramas The Ring of the Nibelung was produced at his own theatre in Bayreuth in 1876. His other operas include Tannhäuser (1845; revised 1861), Tristan and Isolde (1865), and Parsifal (1882)

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David Wagner, head of equity and portfolio manager at Aptus Capital Advisors, says he prefers Lowe’s over Home Depot given the stock’s lower valuation and inroads in courting professional contractors.

From Barron's

“AI is very good at offering suggestions for rewriting content that you’ve already produced,” Wagner says.

From The Wall Street Journal

The source identified the security crew as Aleksander T., 34, and Maksim D., 40, adding that the latter was a former police officer who had worked for Russian mercenary group Wagner.

From Barron's

The men were aged 34 and 40, the source said, adding one of them is a former police officer who had worked for Wagner mercenary group.

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Kilgore leads his cavalry into air battle to the strains of Wagner, taking out combatants in between swigs of coffee.

From Los Angeles Times