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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The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, said the US blockade would be enforced further east, at the mouth of the Gulf of Oman.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The move, which Caine said would be carried out in part by the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

At a Pentagon news conference on Thursday, America's most senior military officer Gen Dan Caine presented a map which showed a "blockade line" stretching from the eastern tip of Oman to Iran's border with Pakistan.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is one such man.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Had he commenced with Mr. Swinburne, Or myself, Or Mr. Hall Caine What howls there would have been!

From Outlook Odes by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

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