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Boris

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[bawr-is, bohr-, bor-, buh-ryees] / ˈbɔr ɪs, ˈboʊr-, ˈbɒr-, bʌˈryis /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius says men of military age in Germany do not need to report lengthy stays abroad.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched the Covid-19 inquiry in June 2022, more than a year after he said the government's actions during the pandemic would be put "under the microscope".

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

On a February podcast, Boris Cherny, who leads Claude Code, declared that “the title software engineer is going to start to go away.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Zelensky and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius last month received the first drone manufactured by QFI, a joint venture between German company Quantum Systems and Ukrainian firm Frontline Robotics.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

At one point, she tried her experiment by playing passages not from LordJim but from Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, the book that launched the epic film.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel