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Ashur

American  
[ah-shoor, ash-er] / ˈɑ ʃʊər, ˈæʃ ər /

noun

  1. Assur.

  2. a first name.


Ashur British  
/ ˈæʃʊə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Assur

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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DeKnight is open about denying Ashur a retcon that erases his past crimes.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

For example, cuneiform tablets from circa 1900 BCE show that merchants from Ashur in northern Mesopotamia conducted trade with central Anatolia and wrote letters to their female family members back home.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Ashur Carraha was 18 of 28 for 221 yards and three touchdowns for Stonehill.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2022

This is not to slight Yao Dogbe, Yetunde Felix-Ukwu and Joel Ashur, all of whom provide giddy portraits of the sleazy manipulation, craven desperation and boundless self-regard inherent in an industry of vanity everlasting.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

Once he saw the black form of Ashur the bear, mumbling and grunting as he searched under rotten logs for grubs.

From The Strength of the Pines by Marshall, Edison

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