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Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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London-based journalist and writer Michael Goldfarb told the BBC that Angell was to baseball what writers CLR James and John Arlott were to cricket.
From BBC
She’s bleached our brand-new towels, used CLR to try to clean a carpet spill, throws away tons of perfectly good food because she’s suddenly decided not to eat it.
From Slate
Wheatle says he enjoyed non-fiction by the likes of CLR James "but when I asked my cellmate for novels to relate to my life as a young black guy in early '80s London he said there wasn't much and I should read Chester Himes".
From BBC
It became a key meeting place for London’s black community, hosting everyone from intellectuals and activists such as Darcus Howe, Altheia Jones-LeCointe and CLR James, to musicians including Nina Simone, Sammy Davis Jr, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Jimi Hendrix.
From The Guardian
To mangle CLR James on cricket, what do they know of polling that only polling know?
From The Guardian
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