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Benita

American  
[buh-nee-tuh] / bəˈni tə /

noun

  1. a first name.


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The challenge to do better now falls to Colón’s successor, Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meter hurdles.

From Salon Feb. 22, 2026

Benita Bike’s DanceArt The L.A.-based modern dance company wraps its 40th anniversary season with a live concert.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2021

That was just two days after her sister Cathy Benita Smith, 61, died of complications from the virus in Illinois.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2021

The first undocumented person to address the convention spoke in 2012: Benita Veliz, who came to the U.S. when she was eight years old.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2020

I had an experience of this kind in the Benita country in 1868.

From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill

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