Conan
Americannoun
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With captain Caelan Doris and two-tour British and Irish Lion Jack Conan missing through injury, Connacht's Jansen always seemed the most likely to fill in at number eight for head coach Andy Farrell.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The researchers demonstrated that the ousiometer can analyze material from remarkably different sources, including Jane Austen's novels, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, the New York Times, Wikipedia, Twitter, and transcripts of talk radio programs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
But, the author tells us, it was Bell, through Holmes’s creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, who would inspire generations of real-life forensic detectives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
There’s a lot of potential in “Lanterns” and Conan is always a delight, but the rest of this month’s lineup is light.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
I like Sherlock Holmes, but I do not like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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