Alan
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Insp Alan King, of Police Scotland, said the vandalism had caused great expense to the "public purse" while councils were "bearing what are harsh economic times".
From BBC
Alan Shearer, who is a pundit on BBC's Match of the Day on Saturday, said the handball law is not "fit for purpose" and "isn't fair" on the fans.
From BBC
Until Elon Musk came roaring into the nation’s capital, Alan Cole was largely a plain-vanilla investor.
Not, however, for the king of The Celebrity Traitors castle Alan Carr who has snapped up Ayton Castle in the Scottish Borders.
From BBC
One thing I learned as a Wall Street Journal reporter covering Alan Greenspan’s 18-year reign of the Federal Reserve: Don’t ask the man a question when you’re in a buffet line with coffee in one hand, a plate in the other, and a reporter’s notebook in your back pocket.
From Barron's
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