Benbow
Americannoun
noun
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Benbow said his team heavily relied on borrowers reporting loan sharks to enable them to investigate and prosecute, but that not everyone who called them for advice was willing to share detailed information.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Benbow, Joseph and the school’s communications department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
Reached by phone on Friday, Mr. Benbow declined to comment.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2022
Nicholas Benbow Evans was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, on July 26, 1950.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2022
"The fact of the matter is that we always do it to save time and trouble," answered the Midshipmite—"Easy and quiet is the word at the 'Admiral Benbow.'"
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala
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