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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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As a side project, engineer Boris Cherny built a prototype to control Spotify with Anthropic’s AI Claude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“I wanted to show off a new tool I’ve been hacking on,” an engineer named Boris Cherny wrote in 2024 to his colleagues at Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Boris Johnson came second selling 48, Winston Churchill 46 and Margaret Thatcher 46.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 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

“What is all the yelling about? Boris Ivanovich! Constantin Ivanovich! When will you learn to behave?”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood