Higgins
Americannoun
noun
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Alex, known as Hurricane Higgins . 1949–2010, Northern Irish snooker player: world champion (1972, 1982)
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Jack, real name Harry Patterson . born 1929, British novelist; his thrillers include The Eagle Has Landed (1975), Confessional (1985), and Midnight Runner (2002)
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"Higgins Homes failed to give proper consideration to the protection of the public," Healy told the court.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
He serves as artistic director of the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, where he recently starred in “A History of Paper” and will play Henry Higgins in a November production of “My Fair Lady.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Mel Higgins, 33, also had big plans for the £5,000 she was told she had won.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“If millions of children are drinking energy drinks, it’s just a numbers game,” said Higgins, who is also a professor at UTHealth Houston’s medical school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Bill Toledo and I climbed into a blunt-nosed thirty-six-foot-long Higgins boat with thirty other men and were lowered over the side into the calm sea half a mile off shore.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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