Larisa
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She now lives with her grandmother, Larisa, in Borshchivka, 95km from Kupiansk, while her mother lives and works in Kharkiv, about an hour's journey away.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
“Putting a child in prison is not the answer,” says Detective Chief Inspector Larisa Hunt, who heads up Avon and Somerset Police’s early intervention team.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024
Her 33 combined medals at the sport’s two biggest events are one more than what Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union achieved.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023
“You don’t want to dwell on it all the time, the possibility of a missile coming for you,” said Larisa Lapshina, a 65-year-old Kyiv resident.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023
The flares were kept where the aircrew could reach them, and their explosions told Larisa that the flames had already reached the cockpits of the burning Po-2.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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