Connolly
Americannoun
noun
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Billy. born 1942, Scottish comedian, musician, and actor: his films include Mrs Brown (1997)
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Cyril ( Vernon ). 1903–74, British critic and writer, founder and editor of Horizon (1939–50): his books include Enemies of Promise (1938)
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James. 1868–1916, Irish labour leader: executed by the British for his part in the Easter Rising (1916)
Example Sentences
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The paper attacked selection "stuff-ups", too, criticising the inclusion of Cooper Connolly as being like "throwing a lamb to the slaughter".
From Barron's
"This is the most geographically extensive analysis of coral bleaching surveys ever done," said Sean Connolly, a senior scientist at the Smithsonian.
From Science Daily
It was "by far the most severe and widespread coral bleaching event on record", said Sean Connolly, one the study's authors and a senior scientist at the Panama-based Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
From Barron's
Ask those who organised Irish President Catherine Connolly's trip to Northern Ireland this week.
From BBC
Last year against South Africa Connolly became the youngest Australian, at 22 years and two days, to take an ODI five-wicket haul.
From Barron's
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