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Shearer

American  
[sheer-er] / ˈʃɪər ər /

noun

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


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"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

Alan Shearer, former England football star and TV pundit, described it as "the first suicide prevention toolkit designed for the whole of UK sport".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Shearer scored 16 times in his first 21 Premier League games before injury, helping Blackburn finish fourth in their first top-flight season for 27 years.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

"He was my friend. A man everyone loved. For his passion. For his energy but most of all for his friendship. He loved football and he loved Newcastle more than anything," said Shearer.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

But he is misinformed about poor Flora Shearer.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Ambrose Bierce

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