Thurston

[thur-stuhn]

noun

1. a male given name: from a Scandinavian word meaning “Thor's stone.”

Example Sentences

Mark Thurston, who took over as Anglian's chief executive in July last year from Peter Simpson, said: "It will take time and investment to achieve a significant reduction in spills, but we are making good progress."

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Workers on the picket line complained that Republic has not maintained equipment since taking over the Thurston County dump around two years ago.

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It will step forward, it will jog sideways, it will reference something in Life Number 3 that first arose in Life Number 1: Thurston Moore was an early Raincoats fan, and saw one of their first New York City performances.

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But in Life Number 3, he is now Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, recalling seeing those early shows.

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Judge Jennifer Thurston said the evidence presented so far by the American Civil Liberties Union, whose lawyers represent the farm workers, showed that Border Patrol agents had engaged in a “pattern and practice” of detaining people without reasonable suspicion and executing warrantless arrests without determining flight risk.

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