Gail

[ geyl ]

/ geɪl /

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noun

a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”

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Since Gail couldn’t drive, JaMarcus masked up to buy groceries.
For Years, JaMarcus Crews Tried to Get a New Kidney, but Corporate Healthcare Stood in the Way|by Lizzie Presser|December 15, 2020|ProPublica
When Gail’s teenage niece asked to move in, he started parenting her as if she were his daughter.
For Years, JaMarcus Crews Tried to Get a New Kidney, but Corporate Healthcare Stood in the Way|by Lizzie Presser|December 15, 2020|ProPublica
Confused, Gail called DeArthur, who drove up from Montgomery and took his brother to the hospital.
For Years, JaMarcus Crews Tried to Get a New Kidney, but Corporate Healthcare Stood in the Way|by Lizzie Presser|December 15, 2020|ProPublica
When JaMarcus met Gail in his hometown in 2003, she joked that she could have found herself a healthier man at the nursing home.
For Years, JaMarcus Crews Tried to Get a New Kidney, but Corporate Healthcare Stood in the Way|by Lizzie Presser|December 15, 2020|ProPublica

In 2008, he and Gail decided to move back to Centreville from Montgomery.
For Years, JaMarcus Crews Tried to Get a New Kidney, but Corporate Healthcare Stood in the Way|by Lizzie Presser|December 15, 2020|ProPublica
From writer Gail Simone to artist Fiona Staples, there are incredible women already working in the industry.
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In anticipation of the new series, Gail Simone spoke with The Daily Beast via email.
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A Rumor of Angels: Quotations for Living, Dying and Letting Goby Gail Perry Johnson and Jill Perry Rabideau.
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He cited Ernst and her husband Gail in his reasons for resignation, specifically for how they had treated Peterson.
In 2005, ‘Iowa Nice’ Ernst Helped to Oust Veterans From Local Board After They Opposed Her Candidacy|Ben Jacobs|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The most vivid memory I have is working on a story about Gail Shollar.
When An Adopted Child Won’t Attach|Tina Traster|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Constance, Gail and Snap must make a call this evening, but I'm not going to let anyone claim my time.
Peggy Stewart at School|Gabrielle E. Jackson
The Zebra, in an unwatched moment, had got into the kerosene, and was considered no longer a welcome guest at Gail's.
Summer Cruising in the South Seas|Charles Warren Stoddard
Presently Gail came in, and we sat at table, and came near to eating her out of house and home.
Summer Cruising in the South Seas|Charles Warren Stoddard
About this time I received a short and decisive epistle from Gail,—an immediate summons home.
Summer Cruising in the South Seas|Charles Warren Stoddard
Yet it was out of the question to think of pressing on in my tour, thereby sacrificing my poor Zebra, and possibly Gail as well.
Summer Cruising in the South Seas|Charles Warren Stoddard

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