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Edwards

American  
[ed-werdz] / ˈɛd wərdz /

noun

  1. Jonathan, 1703–58, American clergyman and theologian.


Edwards British  
/ ˈɛdwədz /

noun

  1. Gareth ( Owen ). born 1947, Welsh Rugby Union footballer: halfback for Wales (1967–78) and the British Lions (1968–74)

  2. Jonathan. 1703–58, American Calvinist theologian and metaphysician; author of The Freedom of the Will (1754)

  3. Jonathan. born 1966, British athlete: gold medallist in the triple jump at the Olympics (2000) and the World Championships (1995, 2001)

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Growing up as a teenager of mixed heritage in Wrexham in the 1990s, Natalie Edwards remembers struggling to find services or understanding of how to care for her afro hair.

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As first and second on the list, Corey Edwards and Derek Roberts had the best chance of being elected for their party in the constituency.

From BBC

Edwards said the number of people using the food pantry is "going up month on month," with between 300 and 400 people now relying on it each month.

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Mr. Edwards was born in 1937 in Houston but moved to Dayton, Ohio, as a small child and lived there for five years.

From The Wall Street Journal

"What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal" Karlson – born Cecil George Edwards – dramatically shouted, while resisting the officers.

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