Costain
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Mr Costain spent time in Busumbala, western Gambia, before travelling to the village of Abene in southern Senegal.
From BBC ● May 19, 2023
The difficult terrain, plus a dispute with contractor Costain, meant the project has gone more than £100m over budget.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2021
Martin has also listed Maurice Druon and Thomas B. Costain as models, two mid-20th-century historical novelists who wrote about medieval France, and you can see echoes of that material in his fictional universe, as well.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2012
Predator Costain, everyone's favoured bet, then said it wasn't the bidder, setting tongues wagging.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2011
The big sellers were the big names, the reassuringly familiar quantities�Hemingway, Steinbeck, Du Maurier, Keyes, Costain, Ferber.
From Time Magazine Archive
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