Hirst

British

/ hɜːst /

noun

Damien. born 1965, British artist, noted esp for his works featuring dead animals preserved in tanks of formaldehyde, and for his 2007 sculpture, For the Love of God , a human skull encrusted with flawless diamonds

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Judge Hirst added there was no evidence of any legitimate trading at the plastics companies set up by Hussain.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

For an hour at Hampden, Lawrence Shankland was a peripheral figure, a support act for George Hirst - Scotland's number nine - and diminished because of it.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

He dropped deep and ran wide, he sacrificed himself so that Hirst could be the one leading the line.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Mr. Hirst is former executive vice president of Delta Air Lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Susie and Mary Hirst were the daughters of a rising Warford physician, and were pleasant and amusing, though they had not the racy humour of Dorothy Gower.

From A Terrible Tomboy by Brazil, Angela

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