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Holley

American  
[hol-ee] / ˈhɒl i /

noun

  1. Robert William, 1922–1993, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1968.


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In the statement Thursday, Holley added that the claim of sexual battery “was disputed, as were the other claims made in Ms. Barnett’s lawsuit.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

A new statistical study led by Elizabeth Holley and her research team shows that valuable minerals could be recovered as byproducts from active U.S. metal mines, sharply reducing the nation's reliance on foreign imports.

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2025

Former Ospreys head coach Sean Holley has called the news "devastating" and "another sad day" for Welsh rugby.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Tristan Keyser-Parker, a senior at Brown University, was in a workshop inside the school’s Barus & Holley engineering building Saturday afternoon when he heard someone yell “Intruder!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Charles Dudley Warner says, "As a general thing, I do not believe in books written for children;" and Phillips Brooks, Marietta Holley, Brooke Herford, and others express a similar feeling.

From The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature by Parsons, Frank

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