From New Latin annō Hejirae
From New Latin annō Hebraico
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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
“We’re, we’re not askin’ you to, ah, send him away for life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 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
"It encourages me and I tell myself - ah, life belongs to the courageous," he said, citing U.S. rapper Lil Wayne and Congolese star Fally Ipupa as influences.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2023
“Yeah, sure, I know Francis. I, ah, escorted him over here yesterday.”
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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
Ah yes, for me, as a woman in my 40s, it's coincided with perimenopause – the stage in my life where my hormone levels are changing.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
“Ah, yes,” Doña Lola sighed, “electricity. Pretty soon they’ll bring water, too, and then they’ll pave the road and bring cars, buses maybe. Ah, yes.”
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Operated, according to a postcard, by “Mr. and Mrs. A.H. King,” the motor court-style motel offered patrons views of Mt.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
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
“I certainly don’t see China returning to the rates of growth that we had seen previously,” said Tony Pearson, chief executive of A.H.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 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
After a few brief words of introduction, Doctor Barker called upon Doctor A.H.
From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Brown, E. E.
“There are millions of property crimes a year,” said Jeff Asher of the research firm AH Datalytics.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
AH Datalytics, a New Orleans-based research firm, shows that cities across the country have seen substantial year-over-year decreases in homicides through 2023.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 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 round the panelled walls there were ancient paintings of departed badgers, famous in their day for scholarship or godliness, lit from above by shaded glow-worms.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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