Akil
Americannoun
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Investigators believe Dumas knew Cardenas, said Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
Last year, TV creator Mara Brock Akil adapted “Forever,” Blume’s 1975 story of the kind of mutually shared devotion that feels like it will last eternally, into a miniseries set in 2018 Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Art movie nights in the Cinema Akil, set amid galleries in a converted industrial zone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Nicolo Savona insisted he had kept the ball in play, but assistant referee Akil Howson flagged for a corner.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
The Akil here alluded to is apparently a son of the Khalif Ali, who deserted his father and joined the usurper Muawiyeh, the founder of the Ommiade dynasty.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John
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