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Elkin

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[el-kin] / ˈɛl kɪn /

noun

  1. Stanley, 1930–1995, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.


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Mr Boulton added that Elkin and Bell had "betrayed the trust" of his family.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

"What has happened here is a complete abandonment and a recklessness around the trust that Elkin and Bell had with the families that they were supposed to be serving," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Her death was announced by her spokesman, David Elkin, who said she died in a house fire in the Minneapolis suburb of Woodbury.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

“You have 15 to 20 minutes until the oxygen supply to the baby stops and the baby dies or suffers brain damage,” said Dr. Aaron Elkin, a Florida obstetrician.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2024

“The only principle they care for,” Elkin interposed, “is, ‘To the devil with all principles!’”

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham