Boyle

American

[boil] / bɔɪl /

noun

Kay, 1903–1993, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet.
Robert, 1627–91, English chemist and physicist.
T. Coraghessan born 1948, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

Boyle British

/ bɔɪl /

noun

Robert . 1627–91, Irish scientist who helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy. He established that air has weight and studied the behaviour of gases; author of The Sceptical Chymist (1661)

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Boyle Scientific

/ boil /

English physicist and chemist who is regarded as a founder of modern chemistry. Boyle rejected the traditional theory that all matter was composed of four elements and defined an element as a substance that cannot be reduced to other, simpler substances or produced by combining simpler substances. Boyle also conducted important physics experiments with Robert Hooke that led to the development of Boyle's law.

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Four years ago, Boyle Heights and Skid Row had something to celebrate: state grants to build new sidewalks and protected bike lanes.

From Los Angeles Times

Incoming Chief Executive H. Thomas Boyle, currently the company’s chief financial and investment officer, said during the fourth-quarter earnings call that the company has long operated in both Glendale and Dallas.

From Los Angeles Times

“When combined with our other mitigation tactics, our goal in ’26 is to offset the dollar impact of high tariffs,” Chief Executive Tim Boyle said in an earnings call earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal

Boyle Heights and Santa Ana, merchants have reported impacts.

From Los Angeles Times

Indeed, House of Guinness actor Anthony Boyle was also in the Derry pub on Sunday.

From BBC

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