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Shearer

American  
[sheer-er] / ˈʃɪər ər /

noun

  1. Moira Moira Shearer King, 1926–2006, British ballerina.


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"I'm sure it will be broken one day, but I'll enjoy it while it lasts," Shearer told the Football Interview.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

"Cricket, like baseball, you can't play it in the rain," said Jarrad Shearer, a senior official for the cricket tournament.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

"It should have been more, the chances Brighton created, they were that good," said former Newcastle striker Alan Shearer on BBC Radio 5 Live.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Shearer said she had "never really seen it happen to a male colleague".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

"Simon Rattar has the impudence to tell me he is letting the farm of Castleknowe to that fellow Shearer after all!"

From Simon by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston

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