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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

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

He has just heard the last of a series of back-to-back inquests into the deaths of five women: Averil Hart, Emma Brown, Maria Jakes, Amanda Bowles and Madeline Wallace.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2020

One is that when his mother, Averil Simmonds, was pregnant, his father would not let her ride horses.

From New York Times Apr. 29, 2013

He no longer looked at Averil, and his face in repose wore an expression of unutterable weariness.

From Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

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