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Naomi

American  
[ney-oh-mee, -mahy, ney-oh-mahy, -mee] / neɪˈoʊ mi, -maɪ, ˈneɪ oʊˌmaɪ, -ˌmi /

noun

  1. the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.

  2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “pleasant.”


Naomi British  
/ ˈneɪəmɪ /

noun

  1. Douay spelling: NoemiOld Testament the mother-in-law of Ruth (Ruth 1:2)

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"As far as everybody's concerned, you're a playboy," she told him, accusing him of "parading" his relationships with people including British supermodel Naomi Campbell.

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Naomi Spittles, 32, from Lincoln, has been trading for eight years and was recently asked to provide 200 balloons for a memorial, but turned the order down.

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The Justice Minister, Naomi Long, has described protection money forced on businesses as a "stranglehold' on the community".

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Celebrities like Naomi Watts and Halle Berry routinely popped up on my Instagram feed to tell me what symptoms I should look out for.

From The Wall Street Journal

Justice Minister Naomi Long said barristers were set to receive a 16% fee increase by mid-January, but the uplift did not stop the strike.

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