Vivian
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Arthurian Legend. Also Vivien an enchantress, the mistress of Merlin: known as the Lady of the Lake.
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Also Vivien, Vivienne a male or female given name: from a Latin word meaning “alive.”
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One of its popular synthetic hosts is Vivian Steele, an AI celebrity gossip columnist with a sassy voice and a sharp tongue.
From Los Angeles Times
Trojans guard Jazzy Davidson opened the second quarter with a three-pointer, followed by a layup from Kara Dunn and another from Vivian Iwuchukwu, plus a foul and free throw, helping USC open a 29-10 lead.
From Los Angeles Times
The plays debuted on Broadway, directed by Jack O’Brien, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center in 2006.
From Los Angeles Times
Also among this year's Bafta breakthrough cohort is Laura Carreira, the writer and director of On Falling, which follows a Portuguese warehouse worker in Scotland, Akinola Davies Jr, the director and co-writer of UK's international Oscar submission My Father's Shadow, and the casting producer behind Love is Blind UK series one, Vivian Eguridu.
From BBC
Joan Garcia tipped away Dani Vivian's header on a solid outing back between the sticks.
From Barron's
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