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coley

British  
/ ˈkəʊlɪ, ˈkɒlɪ /

noun

  1. any of various edible fishes, esp the coalfish

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His son, Coley, became a star in football and volleyball at Reseda in the 1980s, then the starting quarterback at Cal State Northridge and a Hall of Fame volleyball player for the Matadors.

From Los Angeles Times

Coley’s wife, Michelle, won a national championship playing for UCLA’s women’s volleyball team.

From Los Angeles Times

Democratic strategist Anthony Coley, a Senate campaign veteran, said he was “a huge fan” of the young representative, and said Schumer “lost control of his caucus.”

From Salon

“She is fascinating and she knows how to communicate to people and she’s dynamic and she has energy and she’s a fighter and more than anything, the Democratic base wants someone to fight for them,” Coley said.

From Salon

In 1893, Dr. William Coley further advanced this idea by developing bacterial-based treatments, paving the way for modern immunotherapies such as checkpoint inhibitors and CAR-T cell therapies.

From Science Daily