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Bodley

American  
[bod-lee] / ˈbɒd li /

noun

  1. George Frederick, 1827–1907, English architect.


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Outside a polling location on Tuesday afternoon, Lela Bodley told the BBC she and her mother had travelled to two polling places only to be turned away at both.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

“I haven’t got a title yet,” Pullman told The Associated Press in his home city of Oxford, where he was honored Thursday with the Bodley Medal.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2023

Board member Debby Borza of California, was also affected by the terrorist attacks – having lost her 20-year-old daughter, Deora Bodley, in the Flight 93 crash.

From Fox News • Aug. 11, 2021

Mr. Parr made a living as an artist for F. R. Leach & Sons, which decorated churches and stately homes based on designs by luminaries like William Morris and the architect George Bodley.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2016

If Bodley argued that men who teach a subject are necessarily acquainted with its literature, and are consequently the fittest guardians and directors of a library, he argued very badly, and in ignorance of facts.

From Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts by Chandler, Henry W.