Elkin
Americannoun
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Prosecutor Lesley Bates KC told the court Elkin and Bell Funerals was "insolvent" and its business model was "a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul".
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
French-American author Lauren Elkin, who writes on art and culture, said a mythology pervaded that she was "this reclusive spinster that never left her house and lived at home with her cat making her paintings".
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 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 discussion was left to the judge, Elkin and Pavel.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham
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