Burleigh

[bur-lee]

noun

1. 1st Baron. Cecil, William.

2. Henry Thacker 1866–1949, U.S. singer: early collector and arranger of spirituals.

3. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “hill” and “field.”

Burleigh

/ ˈbɜːlɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Burghley

Example Sentences

The story of tuberculosis, Burleigh points out, is another chronicle of reduced infection rates and lives saved.

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Recently, for instance, security clearances were removed for lawyers at the law firms of Perkins Coie, which represented Hillary Clinton’s campaign in the 2016 election, and Covington Burleigh, which represented Jack Smith, who investigated Trump in the Biden years.

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In a must-read article at The New Republic, Nina Burleigh provides a roadmap and warning for how Donald Trump and his fascist regime will attack the core tenets of American democracy and civil society — and how there is little that normal politics and the institutions can do to stop him and his forces:

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Leading the initiative is Steve Bakken, a Burleigh County commissioner and former Bismarck mayor who said he has never smoked marijuana and never will.

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Unguryan and others in The Family — including Doug Burleigh, the Donald Trump supporter who brought Russian operatives Alexander Torshin and Maria Butina to the breakfast — invited a number of Ukrainian crusaders against LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights, according to Family documents I obtained.

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