Whipple
Americannoun
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Fred Lawrence, 1906–2004, U.S. astronomer.
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George Hoyt 1878–1976, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1934.
Example Sentences
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Last week, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement to allow reasonable time for detainees at the Whipple detention center in Minneapolis to access legal counsel.
From Slate
Even if you knew they were at the Bishop Whipple building, there was no easy way to contact them.
From Slate
The agents took the students to the federal Whipple Building.
From Los Angeles Times
Cook told me this while on his way to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building where some detainees are being held, maybe.
From Los Angeles Times
It didn’t work, but the movement’s slogan, “What would Whipple do?” still has resonance in this town, where two American citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, have been fatally shot while protesting — incidents ugly enough that Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about them.
From Los Angeles Times
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