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Adah

American  
[ey-duh] / ˈeɪ də /

noun

Bible.
  1. one of the two wives of Lamech.

  2. the wife of Esau, and the mother of Eliphaz.


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“We’re three houses away from her home, and we are not going away,” said Adah Crandall, an 18-year-old organizer.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2024

“We will do further assessment when the water entry points have been closed and the puddles are dry,” Adah Sudarsa, head of the local search and rescue office, said in a statement.

From Seattle Times Jul. 26, 2023

Adah Sharma, the actress, tweeted the teaser of the movie with the hashtag #TrueStory.

From BBC Nov. 10, 2022

Adah Rose’s “Carte Blanche” includes dozens of contributors, among them a few Europeans.

From Washington Post Aug. 12, 2022

Adah says no one is giving it any credence; here, no one has ever doubted it.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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