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Cavill

American  
[kav-uhl] / ˈkæv əl /

noun

  1. Frederick, 1839–1927, Australian swimmer and coach, born in England: developed the Australian crawl.

  2. his son Sydney St. Leonards Sid, 1881–1945, Australian-American swimmer and coach: developed the butterfly stroke.


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Cavill co-founded a company that uses a wristband to predict women’s hot flashes, paired with a cooling mattress pad, so she knows a thing or two about sensors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Loewen Cavill, 28 years old, says she and her boyfriend used to wonder which partner pulled more weight around the house, so they used AI to start tracking the domestic labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Gillan will take on the role of the wife of Connor McLeod – played by former Superman actor Cavill - the love of his life, who he meets while still a young man.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

That was followed by 2016’s “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” with Cavill returning and Ben Affleck as Batman, which was panned by critics but made more than $874 million worldwide.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

In 1877 Cavill, another Englishman, swam from Cape Griz-Nez to South Forland in less than thirteen hours.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)