Caine

American

[keyn] / keɪn /

noun

(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.

Caine British

/ keɪn /

noun

Sir Michael. real name Maurice Micklewhite . born 1933, British film actor. His films include The Ipcress File (1965), Get Carter (1971), Educating Rita (1983), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and The Cider House Rules (1999).

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Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dismissed the attacks by Iran on ships in the Strait of Hormuz this week as “low harassing fire.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

US Central Command "and the rest of the joint force remain ready to resume major combat operations against Iran if ordered to do so," General Dan Caine told reporters.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Caine said there are currently "22,500 mariners embarked on more than 1,550 commercial vessels trapped in the Arabian Gulf, unable to transit."

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Gen Caine said the $1.5tn "represents a historic down payment for future security" that would allow the US to get ahead of fast-evolving technology.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Mr. Caine, who is tired Party knots of unravelling, Is off, so 'tis said, round the world to be travelling.

From Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93. August 27, 1887 by Various

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