Nevil
Americannoun
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Nevil Muncaster, director of strategic water resources, said: "We would not be taking this step unless it was necessary to protect water supplies for everyone and the environment."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
What "The Day After" and "Threads" achieved through cinema, Nevil Shute's 1957 novel "On The Beach" accomplished with the written word.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2022
Rood Nevil, a local doctor, was treating wounds outside his local clinic, now nonfunctional after the quake’s destruction.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021
“I can’t imagine that Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil, who wrote this song, had any idea that it would have the legs and perhaps mean more now than when we first did it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2020
“My dear Mr. Bowditch, Moore didn’t compute that table. Do you know who did? Nevil Maskelyne, the royal astronomer of England!”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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