Brunel
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Isambard Kingdom 1806–59, English civil engineer and naval architect.
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his father Sir Marc Isambard, 1769–1849, English civil engineer, born in France: chief engineer of New York City 1793–99.
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Isambard Kingdom (ˈɪzəmˌbɑːd). 1806–59, English engineer: designer of the Clifton Suspension Bridge (1828), many railway lines, tunnels, bridges, etc, and the steamships Great Western (1838), Great Britain (1845), and Great Eastern (1858)
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his father, Sir Marc Isambard . 1769–1849, French engineer in England
Example Sentences
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She says French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel visited her family home, to persuade her mother to let her go to a modelling contest in Ecuador.
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Back then, they didn't know who Brunel was; they had been introduced by a famous Brazilian scout.
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It named one of Brunel's agencies as her sponsor, even though she says she never did any modelling work for him and the travel documents were arranged solely so that she could visit Epstein.
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Gláucia's mother was suspicious of Brunel, but he seemed "very charming" and eventually she agreed her daughter could go to Ecuador without her.
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Another contestant, from Western Europe, who was 16 at the time, remembers how Brunel's behaviour struck her as odd.
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