Lara

/ (ˈlɑːrə) /

noun

Brian Charles. born 1969,Trinidadian cricketer: scored 11,953 runs in 131 test matches (1990–2006) for the West Indies; holder of records for highest individual score in first-class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire, 1994) and for highest test innings (400 not out against England, 2004)

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Many are responding by saying all this is as absurd as men demanding Lara Croft be suddenly replaced by a male.
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Lara Warner from Credit Suisse is an example of how sponsorship works in practice.
Investing in Women|Credit Suisse|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Lara Logan has been leading the apologies but CBS need to do more than that if they are to salvage the reputation of 60 Minutes.
What ‘60 Minutes’ Must Do About the Benghazi Disaster|Lloyd Grove|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
UPDATE: And just as I pressed publish, I learned that Lara Logan herself has apologized.
CBS and Benghazi: What’s the Larger Relevance?|Michael Tomasky|November 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Lara Lor-Van, played by the Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer, is in labor.
‘Man of Steel,’ New Superman Movie Starring Henry Cavill, Falls Flat|Marlow Stern|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They made the peasant Lara knock; his own brother opened the door.
Falkland, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The pony's short canter made his pace as easy as a rocking-chair; and Lara's son, who rode him, was half asleep in the heat.
Peter and Jane|S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
Velasquez gathered an army to oppose him, and succeeded in getting the young Lords of Lara to join him.
Women of the Romance Countries (Illustrated)|John R Effinger
For the form Lara which appears in the printed editions see p. 62, note, above.
Stories and Ballads of the Far Past|Nora Kershaw
"The Corsair" and "Lara" he read aloud, lifting a small tome more daintily printed than the rest.
The Light of Scarthey|Egerton Castle