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Joel

[joh-uhl]

noun

  1. a Minor Prophet of the postexilic period.

  2. a book of the Bible bearing his name.

  3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “the Lord is God.”



Joel

/ ˈdʒəʊəl /

noun

  1. a Hebrew prophet

  2. the book containing his oracles

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Andre Joel Hudson, the wrestler who invited Jackson to the event, can be heard later on video telling Jackson what to do in the ring.

But it’s also full of colorful songwriting, of Shires doing tarot with a mermaid, wandering New York listening to Billy Joel or catching her now-former partner behaving nonchalantly on a home security camera.

Set and lighting designer Joel Daavid has created not so much a room as a mood, materializing the inner weather of a teen in trouble.

Playing Joel, a gay, devoutly Christian man in a small town, Hiller fearlessly leaned into dichotomy and sincerity, which is very difficult to do.

Joel and Benji’s pop-punk band hadn’t played in years when a famous couple asked them to play their nuptials in the south of France.

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