Joel
Americannoun
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a Minor Prophet of the postexilic period.
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a book of the Bible bearing his name.
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a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “the Lord is God.”
noun
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a Hebrew prophet
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the book containing his oracles
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Joel Bodmer, 40, his wife Shila Bodmer, 41, and former Croydon councillor Carole Bonner, 69, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit an offence under the Criminal Law Act and the Computer Misuse Act.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
Joel Bodmer, who stood for selection as Labour's candidate for the Croydon East constituency, also pleaded not guilty to a second count of perverting the course of justice.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
“Until XOVR, exposure to companies like SpaceX was structurally out of reach for the everyday investor,” Joel Shulman, the fund’s portfolio manager, recently said in a statement.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
What a setback for anyone who saw a childhood ruined by Bucky Dent, or yanks the plug when the jukebox cranks up Billy Joel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Joel wouldn’t begin slaughtering cattle and turkeys till later in the summer.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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