Elspeth
Americannoun
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In a statement posted on X Thursday, Elspeth Cypher, Women’s Liberation Front board president, called the new Justice Department investigations “a welcome advance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Elspeth Macdonald, who represents 450 fishing boats as Chief Executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, says: "The market access to the EU has become more bureaucratic."
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
Elspeth is a virtuoso at the warm sun/cold shoulder art of manipulation, whose elegant gazes of cool disapproval can slam doors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
When a serious issue does befall the clan, Elspeth “smothers the family in small talk,” says Pike, chit-chatting away even the possibility of coming to terms with the uncomfortable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
The gardener and his nephew wore no more; even old Elspeth was lying at rest in the cold churchyard, having ceased long since to be even food for worms.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
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