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Cary

[kair-ee, kar-ee]

noun

  1. Alice, 1820–71, U.S. poet (sister of Phoebe Cary).

  2. (Arthur) Joyce (Lunel) 1888–1957, English novelist.

  3. Henry Francis, 1772–1844, British writer and translator.

  4. Phoebe, 1824–71, U.S. poet (sister of Alice Cary).

  5. a town in central North Carolina.

  6. a male given name.

  7. a female given name, form of Caroline.



Cary

/ ˈkærɪ, ˈkɛərɪ /

noun

  1. ( Arthur ) Joyce ( Lunel ). 1888–1957, British novelist; author of Mister Johnson (1939), A House of Children (1941), and The Horse's Mouth (1944)

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Cary López Alvarado, of Hawthorne, California, was nine months pregnant when she was arrested by immigration officials alongside her husband, an immigrant from Guatemala.

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“We ran the offense around him, through him,” Calabasas coach Cary Harris said of King.

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Times staff writers Shelby Grad, Summer Lin and Cary Schneider contributed to this report.

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The petition cites several citizens and legal residents who were detained, or beaten during immigration operations, including Cary Lopez Alvarado, 23, who tearfully recounted the day in June that U.S.

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Times staff writer Laura Nelson and researcher Cary Schneider contributed to this report.

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