Baily
Britishnoun
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Personal computers, which economists credit for a productivity boom starting in the mid-1990s, were initially clunky and took years to become more user-friendly, said Martin Neil Baily, an economist at the Brookings Institution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Owen Goodman sticks out a left hand to deny Baily Cargill's point-blank header with a stunning stop.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024
The endorsement, made in a central Illinois fairground, is unlikely to win Baily many voters closer to Chicago.
From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022
Emani Baily rushed for 117 yards, highlighted by his 35-yard touchdown run on a third-and-9 play to give the Cajuns a two-touchdown lead early in the fourth quarter.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021
“We didn’t know but one holiday, that was Christmas day,” Baily Cunningham, born enslaved in Virginia, recalled many years later.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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