Jamal
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“He slows the game down. Whatever read you make is the wrong one, because he’s going to counter it,” said Jamal Crawford, a 20-year NBA veteran and current NBC analyst.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Jamal Tooson, an attorney for the Porter family, says he has found witnesses who say Porter appeared to be walking back to his apartment when he was shot.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
The PA decided to hold elections in Deir el-Balah to test its "success or failure, since there are no post-war opinion polls", explained political scientist Jamal al-Fadi from Cairo's Al-Azhar University.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
Researchers led by Sahand Jamal Rahi at EPFL's Laboratory of the Physics of Biological Systems have introduced a new approach called "optovolution."
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
He glanced at Jamal, grinned, and flicked the lighter a fourth time.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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