Flannery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"The discovery of one lazarus taxon... is an exceptional discovery," said Prof Tim Flannery, a prominent Australian scientist best known for his 2005 The Weather Makers book about climate change.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Flannery O’Connor has that thing, “The writer can choose what he writes about, but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
It’s trashy noir yet elevated and totally dead-eyed — as if Flannery O’Connor took a crack at writing a James M. Cain story.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
In a risky career move, Springsteen turns introspective, digesting the short stories of Flannery O’Connor and Howard Zinn’s “People’s History of the United States.”
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
"Thus," Tim Flannery notes, "every raw radiocarbon date you read today is given as too young by around 3 percent."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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