Ossie
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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They are currently suffering their worst run in 32 years since a similar streak under Ossie Ardiles in 1994.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Goldblatt was friendly with the merchant Ossie Docrat and photographed several generations of the Docrat family dealing with their displacement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
There’s a picture of Dan Minahan, Pam Grier and Ossie Davis at the Sutton Place Hotel rehearsing, and having that photo is very, very meaningful to me.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2025
He knew the playwright, Ossie Davis, and his wife, Ruby Dee, from their work in the civil rights movement.
From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2023
First, the actor Ossie Davis and his wife, actress Ruby Dee, read the notes, telegrams and cables of condolence.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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