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Cary

[ kair-ee, kar-ee ]

noun

  1. Alice, 1820–71, U.S. poet (sister of Phoebe Cary).
  2. (Arthur) Joyce (Lu·nel) [loon, -l], 1888–1957, English novelist.
  3. Henry Francis, 1772–1844, British writer and translator.
  4. Phoebe, 1824–71, U.S. poet (sister of Alice Cary).
  5. a town in central North Carolina.
  6. a male given name.
  7. a female given name, form of Caroline.


Cary

/ ˈkɛərɪ; ˈkærɪ /

noun

  1. CaryArthur) Joyce18881957MBritishWRITING: novelist ( Arthur ) Joyce ( Lunel ). 1888–1957, British novelist; author of Mister Johnson (1939), A House of Children (1941), and The Horse's Mouth (1944)


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China, on the other hand, has put on at least seven “Robot Hacking Games” competitions since 2017, according to Cary’s research.

“Time and again, China has studied the US system, copied its best attributes, and in many cases expanded the scope and reach,” says Cary.

Now, Cary and Brooke aren’t just navigating their own personal struggles alongside the chaos of a famous younger brother.

One of Huske’s few peers is Claire Curzan, who trains in Cary, where Triangle Aquatic Center has converted its pool to long course.

In 1945 or 1946, Hitch and Alma were in New York with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, on a publicity tour.

Tragically, Cary did not live to complete the second volume, and in 2000 I began work in earnest on this book.

You must have been pretty stoked when you found out that Cary would have such a big, juicy arc this season.

When Cary was jailed, Kalinda was the first person fighting for him.

And then the interviews with Alicia and Diane, seeing Alicia and Diane and Cary protecting one another.

But Mr. Cary's translation is not at hand; and our version, however rude, is sufficient to illustrate our meaning.

The flouring mills caught fire from the tobacco houses, communicating it to Cary and Main streets.

Like Mother Cary's chickens, their province is rather with menacing storm than the signs of fair weather.

That popular writer of juvenile tales, Alice Haven, was also a visitor of the Cary sisters.

Cary gratuitously spent about half of his time in caring for the sick of the colony.

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