Maxine
Americannoun
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Romance: Another of Pynchon’s late crime novels, “Bleeding Edge” also chronicles the tender but tested love between insurance investigator Maxine Tarnower and her phlegmatic husband, Horst.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
I was the first reporter to interview Huntley and his partner, Maxine Carr, after Holly and Jessica disappeared in Soham, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday, 4 August 2002.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
"I'm here because the waves near my house are now huge. I live near the shore, and the winds there are now very strong," Maxine Dugan told AFP on Saturday evening.
From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025
Following the leak, councillors Paul Thomas, Oliver Bradshaw, Maxine Fothergill and Bill Barrett had the Reform whip removed pending investigation.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
“And then when the bus came,” Maxine told us, “they all ran behind the McCarthys’ front hedge and just stood there, staring at us.”
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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