Elaine
Americannoun
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any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
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a female given name, form of Helen.
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Each disc rents for $3, including their most popular titles like David Lynch’s “Wild at Heart” and Elaine May’s “The Heartbreak Kid.”
From Los Angeles Times
The Prince of Wales, who was attending in his capacity as Bafta's president, told the Southbank Centre's chief executive Elaine Bedell he had yet to see the emotion-laden film.
From BBC
Film critic Elaine Mancini once described Duvall as "the most technically proficient, the most versatile, and the most convincing actor on the screen in the United States."
From Barron's
In La Verne: In a scene filmed at La Verne United Methodist Church, Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman, barges into a church and interrupts a wedding, screaming, “Elaine, Elaine,” in “The Graduate.”
Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah, a five-time Olympic champion, competed in her first race since June 2024 in Saturday's Camperdown Classic at Kingston, Jamaica.
From Barron's
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