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Boone

American  
[boon] / bun /

noun

  1. Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.

  2. Pat, born 1934, U.S. singer.

  3. a city in central Iowa.

  4. a town in NW North Carolina.


Boone British  
/ buːn /

noun

  1. Daniel . 1734–1820, American pioneer, explorer, and guide, esp in Kentucky

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Monique Boone was the varsity defensive line and assistant offensive line coach in 2021 under previous head coach Corey Thedford.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Boone was underweight, had sore ears and sore eyes when he first came into the RSPCA's care, Murphy explained.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Chadwick had learned the activism ropes at Relational Investors, where he worked with longtime rabble-rousers Ralph Whitworth and David Batchelder, who themselves had worked with the corporate raider T. Boone Pickens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Lennon, who’d run elections in Boone County, Missouri, for seven years, had heard the tool might not be accurate.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

It said Christopher Boone 36 Randolph Street Swindon Wiltshire Then I noticed that there were lots of other envelopes and they were all addressed to me.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon