Crawford
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Cheryl, 1902–86, U.S. stage director and producer.
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Francis Marion, 1854–1909, U.S. novelist, in Italy after 1885.
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Joan Lucille Fay Le Sueur, 1908?–77, U.S. actress.
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Thomas, 1813?–57, U.S. sculptor.
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William Harris, 1772–1834, U.S. political leader: senator 1807–13, secretary of the Treasury 1816–25.
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Joan , real name Lucille le Sueur . 1908–77, US film actress, who portrayed ambitious women in such films as Mildred Pierce (1945)
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Michael , real name Michael Dumbell Smith . born 1942, British actor and singer, noted for his role in the sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973–78) and performances in West End musicals esp. Barnum (1981) and The Phantom of the Opera (1986)
Example Sentences
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The streamer has recently increased its sports offerings, with a super middleweight clash between Terence Crawford and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in Las Vegas last September viewed by 41 million people.
From Barron's
For the Crawfords, keeping their 7,000 square foot house insured has been a nightmare.
As the gay and dissipated Ned, Mr. Taylor is sublimely funny: “Johnny Case? Isn’t that a Joan Crawford western?”
The cost of the work by Crawford, and "level of contract spend", is because the volume of claims "has exceeded the anticipated levels", an NHS spokesperson told the BBC.
From BBC
The same way what had happened with Toby Crawford hadn’t been a decision.
From Literature
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