Edmund

British

/ ˈɛdmənd /

noun

Saint, also called Saint Edmund Rich. 1175–1240, English churchman: archbishop of Canterbury (1234–40). Feast day: Nov 16.

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Edmund King, president of the AA, warned the disruption could push petrol prices to levels not seen since the pandemic.

From BBC

Such arguments echo Edmund Burke, one of the heroes of Mr. Turley’s book.

From The Wall Street Journal

Edmund King, the AA's president, said the organisation has campaigned against smart motorways for more than a decade.

From BBC

In Selma: For the movie “Selma,” filmmakers returned to the Edmund Pettus Bridge to re-create the scene where state troopers clashed with nearly 600 voting-rights marchers in 1965, an event known as Bloody Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Newsom describes his paternal grandfather as one of the “thinkers behind the throne” for former California Gov. Edmund “Pat” Brown, but his family never held public office despite his dad’s bids for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the California Legislature.

From Los Angeles Times

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