Craig
Americannoun
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Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
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a male given name: from a Welsh family name meaning “rock.”
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Craig Torres is editor in chief, James Clouse is a senior fellow and Fabio Natalucci is CEO at at the Andersen Institute for Finance and Economics.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Craig Tiley, the new chief executive of the USTA, which runs the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
From Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, only six people have ever played him in the official film series.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Cecily Craig, 71, lives a short walk away from her centenarian widowed mother at Park Pointe Village in Rock Hill, S.C., each in their own apartment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
He joked around with Craig and made polite conversation with my mom.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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"Better than my supper has had from the minister's craig, Grizzle—it's all discussed, I suppose?"
From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott
"From the verge!—umph—And what possessed you dumosa pendere procul de rupe?—though dumosa is not the appropriate epithet—what the deil, man, tempted ye to the verge of the craig?"
From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott
After they had descended the main craig, they clambered over the top of this cave, and, entering upon another sweep of rugged hills, commenced a rapid march.
From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
I have a rope, Roger," Oswald began, "that will reach from the turret to the foot of the craig.
From Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower by Ralph Peacock
An' sae lang's I live, I'll regaird this as ane o' her fedders 'at the angel moutit as she sat by the bored craig.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
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