Joanne

[ joh-an ]

/ dʒoʊˈæn /

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noun

a female given name.

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Also Jo·ann, Jo Ann, Jo·an·na

[joh-an-uh]. /dʒoʊˈæn ə/.

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We spend much of the novel on tenterhooks, wondering how and when the lid on the father’s explosive anger will blow, and hoping for the best outcome for Joanne’s new pregnancy, about which she is ambivalent at best.
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Joanne, his wife, is a prisoner in her marriage who bears the brunt of her husband’s emotional and physical abuse.
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Ten days later, when the dust had settled, MSF President Joanne Liu called their bluff.
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During the bus ride from Hanoi's airport I blurted out the whole story to Joanne.
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Luckily I found Dr. Joanne Cacciatore and her organization MISS.
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They met in 1970 when Carson hired Bushkin to handle his divorce from his second wife, Joanne.
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Vidal slept with Anaïs Nin and enjoyed close friendships with women including Claire Bloom and Joanne Woodward.
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M. Joanne himself, that energetic hunter after small towns, says not a word of it.
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He would not have moved, nor would he have spoken, until Joanne herself broke the spell.
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The oppressive and crushing effect of Joanne's first mention of a husband was gone.
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He lighted the lantern, and in the glow of it Joanne's and Peggy's faces were white and startled.
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There were other women at Tête Jaune, the wives of men he knew, to whom he might have taken Joanne.
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