From New Latin annō Hejirae
From New Latin annō Hebraico
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An officer said, “he’s ah, huge, you know what I mean?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Haley described a little girl who looked a lot like the murder victim, Bethany Alana Clark, who would say her middle name was Alasee and pronounced it “all ah see-ah.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Does the line finish with an "ay," an "ah", or an "oh"?
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024
“Let’s be clear there — there’s not one time where Cam just says ah, like he’s flippant about it. He’s not,” coach Jake Dickert said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
“Now, write down, ah, how you felt about that event.”
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
Ah, New York—where it’s hot, loud, and the air is barely breathable.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ah, I remember having the same question when I was applying for jobs right out of college: How are you supposed to get experience if no one will give it to you?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Ah, shoot, that’s right: It’s 2026, and provoking people with inflammatory remarks is a billion-dollar industry.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Ollie Watkins: Ah, it was a long time ago now!
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
And Cuckoo answered at once, “Ah, and that was Liu, the grain dealer. Ah, he was a good man! He left silver in my palm whenever he saw me.”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
The students, referred to as A.H. and H.H. in the lawsuit, will get $500,000 each from the school and also be reimbursed for tuition, which is about $70,000 total.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
Coin collectors shouldn’t expect modern circulating currency to rise much in value, but commemorative sets “may be desirable,” said Chorney, a specialist at A.H.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
The two people who obtained the diary are identified in the letter by their initials, "R.K. and A.H."
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2021
When Harrison took the stand, identified in court only by his initials, A.H.,
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2021
Thoroughly and elaborately edited, with much American matter, and according to the latest and most Scientific Practice, by A. Schwarz and Dr. A.H.
From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua
“There are millions of property crimes a year,” said Jeff Asher of the research firm AH Datalytics.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
New Orleans-based AH Datalytics found that the homicide rate has fallen roughly 12% nationwide when compared with the first five months of 2022.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
AH: There is only one HP, and that is Huntington Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
But there is more current data available: The consulting firm AH Datalytics has a free dashboard that compiles more up-to-date murder data from 99 big cities.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2022
AH nine of them came shooting out, one behind the other.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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