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Bly

American  
[blahy] / blaɪ /

noun

  1. Nellie Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, 1867–1922, U.S. journalist and social reformer.


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In 2024, she was awarded the prestigious Nellie Bly Award for her reporting on the intersection of gambling and investing.

From The Wall Street Journal

The children, as ever, are both charming and odd, and tragedy moves through the echoing corridors of Bly Manor.

From Los Angeles Times

This series, which predates “Bly Manor” and shares many cast members, is a modern-day adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s classic of the same name.

From Los Angeles Times

Ainsworth, also from the U.K., voiced Pinocchio in Disney+’s live-action “Pinocchio” in 2022 and played Miles in Netflix’s “The Haunting of Bly Manor.”

From Los Angeles Times

Although six people were killed near Bly, Ore., when they discovered a downed balloon in May 1945, the overall damage caused by the weapons was limited.

From Los Angeles Times