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Humphries

British  
/ ˈhʌmfrɪz /

noun

  1. ( John ) Barry . born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage

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Luke Humphries breezed through his opening game, beating Michael van Gerwen 6-1 for his first Premier League win in Cardiff.

From BBC

Clayton recovered from two missed doubles to beat 2024 PDC World Champion Humphries in his semi-final 6-4, as the partisan Welsh crowd's dream of an all-Welsh final was half complete.

From BBC

Thankfully, baby Abbie Humphries was found just over two weeks later and returned to her mother, but the case is a stark reminder of how the unexpected can happen, and how hospital security matters.

From BBC

It joins the 158 works by 106 artists that were added to MOCA’s permanent collection last year, including major works by Jacqueline Humphries, Mike Kelley, Shizu Saldamando, Mary Weatherford, Julie Mehretu and Nairy Baghramian.

From Los Angeles Times

These were a Games that saw two forty-something American bobsledders, Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries, win medals in front of their children while Mexico’s Sarah Schleper, competing in her seventh Olympics, skied alongside one of her kids, making them the first mother-son to duo to participate in the same Winter Games.

From Los Angeles Times