noun
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1844–1925, queen consort of Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland
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1872–1918, the wife of Nicholas II of Russia; her misrule while Nicholas was supreme commander of the Russian forces during World War I precipitated the Russian Revolution
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In a sentencing memorandum ahead of the hearing Wednesday, Sangha’s defense attorneys, Mark J. Geragos and Alexandra Kazarian, noted that their client had no prior criminal history and had been incarcerated since August 2024.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Times staff writer Alexandra Del Rosario and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Back at the Calderwood Inn, Alexandra, 28, is at the pool table with her fiancé Andrew, 26.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
The number was already “outdated,” wrote Alexandra Wilson-Elizondo, global co-CIO of multi-asset solutions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management after the CPI print.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Where Soweto is a sprawling, government-planned ghetto, Alexandra is a tiny, dense pocket of a shantytown, left over from the pre-apartheid days.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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