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Berkley

American  
[burk-lee] / ˈbɜrk li /

noun

  1. a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.


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“Ruby changed the lives of thousands of people who call Las Vegas, and all of Nevada, home,” said Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Berkley was putting an “absolute” exclusion of coverage for “any actual or alleged use, deployment, or development of Artificial Intelligence” in some liability policies for corporate directors and officers.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

Those last data points have provoked the city’s mayor, Shelley Berkley, to engage in some emergency diplomacy.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

“For a good two years, I wasn’t allowed to audition for things,” Berkley said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

The former had petitioned for redress, "time after time,"—remonstrance after remonstrance had been sent in to Sir William Berkley, but he was deaf to all their reasonable petitions.

From The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)

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