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Ballantyne

British  
/ ˈbælənˌtaɪn /

noun

  1. R ( obert ) M ( ichael ). 1825–94, British author, noted for such adventure stories as The Coral Island (1857)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ten years ago, Nicole Ballantyne swapped Auckland's eastern suburbs for Sydney's.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

Ballantyne says she suspects the former prime minister's decision to move to Australia is more nuanced than that.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

Michelle Ballantyne sat as a Reform member at the Scottish Parliament from January to May 2021, having left the Conservatives the previous year and sitting for a short spell as an independent.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2025

He “was adamant about not leaving unless we had to,” Ballantyne recalled.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2025

From London, on the day after the coronation, Sir Walter addressed a letter descriptive of the ceremonial to his friend James Ballantyne, who published it in his newspaper.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

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