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Beattie

American  
[bee-tee] / ˈbi ti /

noun

  1. James, 1735–1803, Scottish poet.


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“We’ve never been so this is maybe our last chance,” Tom Beattie said, sitting on a bench with their border terrier Annie as his wife called her sister from the pay phone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Retired couple Tom and Margaret Beattie made their way up from borderlands between Scotland and England, driven by their son Calum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Beattie buckled but didn’t break — at least not then.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Former UUP leader Doug Beattie has said Nebsitt had no choice but to resign after Burrows "undermined" his position as health minister.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Dr. Beattie relates the case of a gentleman who, after a blow on the head, lost his knowledge of Greek, and did not appear to have lost any thing else.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

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