Macleod
Americannoun
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Fiona. Sharp, William.
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John James Rickard 1876–1935, Scottish physiologist: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize in medicine 1923.
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Example Sentences
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Cal Macleod is a 22-year-old island native who graduated from a textile-engineering school in Edinburgh—his gifts on the loom earned him a scholarship—and has been guilt-tripped by his father, John, into returning home.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Macleod agrees: "Turn off torches and car headlights, and stop looking at your phone because the light from the screen can affect your eyes acclimatising and adjusting to the total darkness."
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
"Once you get your first decent sighting it becomes an addiction," says amateur photographer Gary Macleod, who remembers watching the light show for the first time aged eight.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
Wales flanker Josh Macleod believes his struggling side's Six Nations opener away to in-form England on Saturday could provide the intense physical encounter they need to spring a surprise.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
A large congregation had assembled in one of the billiard halls in Macleod on that Sunday morning to hear the "Gospel cowboy" preach.
From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by Maclean, John
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