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Hannah

American  
[han-uh] / ˈhæn ə /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the mother of Samuel.

  2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “grace.”


Hannah British  
/ ˈhænə /

noun

  1. Old Testament the woman who gave birth to Samuel (I Samuel 1–2)

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Variety reported that he has contacted Warner Bros in order to apologise directly to Jordan, Lindo and Sinners production designer Hannah Beachler, who also spoke about hearing racial slurs.

From BBC

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents executed a search warrant at the Virginia home of the reporter, Hannah Natanson, in January as part of an investigation of Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a systems engineer and information-technology specialist for a government contractor in Maryland with a top-secret security clearance.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Post said it applauds “the court’s recognition of core First Amendment protections and its rejection of the government’s expansionist arguments for searching Hannah Natanson’s devices and work materials in their entirety.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"It is going to be so close between us and Reform," Green party hopeful, Hannah Spencer, 34, told AFP.

From Barron's

For Hannah Luxford, whose teenage son has anxiety, it took 18 months to get him an EHCP.

From BBC