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Carrie

American  
[kar-ee] / ˈkær i /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Caroline.


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“You think you know a lot and then there’s always something new and horrific,” said Carrie, who spent 14 years as a camper and counselor at Mystic until 2005.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

After raising concerns about her six-month-old baby's decline in movement, her mother Carrie said she was at first told she was just being an over-anxious mother.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Carrie Prejean Boller, a former beauty queen and faithful Trump supporter, has found herself at the center of an explosive conservative fight.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

He will be in the eight-episode “Carrie” miniseries — yes, that Carrie — developed by filmmaker Mike Flanagan for Amazon MGM Studios.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Mary could not sew on her nine-patch quilt, and Laura could not knit on the tiny mittens she was making for Baby Carrie.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder