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Dalila

American  
[dal-uh-luh] / ˈdæl ə lə /

noun

Douay Bible.
  1. Delilah.


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Ben Mbarek has been on hunger strike for over a month and was at risk of dying, news agency AFP reports, citing his sister and lawyer Dalila Ben Mbarek.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

"Jawhar is on a hunger strike, he risks dying, and all he is asking is to appear before you in person," said Ben Mbarek's sister and lawyer Dalila Msaddek, representing her brother and other defendants.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

Zakiya Dalila Harris' debut novel, the basis for Hulu's 10-episode series, accurately captures the stress of working while Black in a primarily white industry because she's lived it.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023

Four years ago, Zakiya Dalila Harris quit her job to as an editor at Knopf Doubleday to do something that, at the time, even she thought was crazy: write a novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

A comparison of the Amneris and Dalila photos will show how one's sense of costuming develops.

From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen

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