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Averil

American  
[ey-ver-il] / ˈeɪ vər ɪl /
Or Averell

noun

  1. a first name.


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Damages for unpaid wages initially totaled about $98 million, but because King County Superior Court Judge Averil Rothrock determined in January that Providence’s violations were willful, state law requires the total to be doubled.

From Seattle Times Apr. 20, 2024

His wife Averil, 77, said she was unable to visit.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

In urging Judge Averil Rothrock to keep Hernandez-Ebanks in the juvenile — rather than adult — legal system, his lawyers hailed the therapeutic benefits of Echo Glen Children’s Center.

From Seattle Times Jun. 16, 2023

Averil Power, chief executive of the Irish Cancer Society, called Ms. Phelan’s death heartbreaking.

From New York Times Nov. 16, 2022

This is earlier in date than the famous collection in the Harleian MS., which is everything best worth remembering in the old lyrical poetry— Betwene Mersche and Averil When spray beginneth to springe.

From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)

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