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Meanings of Hoover in English

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Electronic device that cleans dirt on a surface through suction.

Portuguese
herbert hoover
Catalan
herbert hoover
Spanish
herbert hoover

31St President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

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Examples for "vacuum"
Examples for "vacuum"
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The result could be a dangerous vacuum that armed groups might exploit.
Reuters
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The new system produces energy savings and may increase vacuum pump lifespan.
Pubmed
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Suction cups are right out, given they don't work in a vacuum.
Wired
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Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi promised rapid action to fill the power vacuum.
Reuters
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However the vacuum did not last and another community soon stepped in.
Radio NZ
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From highly-desired toys to a used vacuum cleaner, the answers were varied.
Reuters
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She wished she'd also grabbed the vacuum cleaner, shoes and important documents.
Radio NZ
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We'd better bring the vacuum cleaner out from the city, Miss Agnes.
The Confession
4
And he's using, at least in the pilot, a handheld vacuum cleaner.
Wired
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A vacuum cleaner sucked a ton or two of dust from it.
The Poisoned Pen
Spanish
hoover

United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

hoover
Catalan
passar l´aspiradora
Spanish
pasar la aspiradora

Clean with a vacuum cleaner.

passar l´aspiradora
Usage of Hoover in English
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The information played right into Hoover's Chinese water torture of the Kennedys.
The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
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But I heard 'Hoover-Two' in the visitor center a few minutes ago.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
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All had been released from the hospital by Sunday morning, Hoover said.
The Guardian
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Judge Todd Hoover said he would charge the jury on Thursday morning.
Reuters
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The Times Magazine recently published the uncensored letter by Hoover to King.
Ebony
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Then finally they passed in through the gate of the Hoover estate.
The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant / or, In the Thre...
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Then the answers to Hoover's questions began coming back from the field.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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Twice and sometimes three times a week Hoover saw summaries of them.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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Now Hoover was intimating that he had large plans to help Negroes.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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This is an Instagram video at the Hoover Dam, 7 million views.
Wired
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Mr. Hoover made no reply; he neither accepted nor rejected the proposal.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II
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But Hoover was not yet finished with the education of Bobby Kennedy.
The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
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A few days after Hoover's visit, the club hosted a Christmas dance.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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Fred Grainger watched the national guardsman place the last sandbag on Hoover-Two.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
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Who better to spread such rational analysis through the culture than Hoover?
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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He had seen the Bonus March of veterans to Washington under Hoover.
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Portuguese
herbert hoover
Hoover through the time