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Emil

American  
[ay-muhl, ee-muhl, ay-meel] / ˈeɪ məl, ˈi məl, ˈeɪ mil /

noun

  1. a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.


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At the time, the country’s foreign minister Emil Hurezeanu said that a U.S. official had expressed interest in the case.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

Emil Franchi, who has covered various daytime shows and The Official Chart, says he "can't wait to get to work" on his own show as he takes over Weekend Breakfast.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Outside of retirement, “financial freedom is a fairly new concept,” Emil Barr, a 23-year-old entrepreneur, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Undersecretary Emil Michael and CEO Dario Amodei went back and forth for months over safety guardrails.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

They had spent the day in Newark, New Jersey, trying to find a pro-Nazi minister named Emil Krepper, whose name was written in invisible ink on his handkerchief.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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