Leonid
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Etymology
Origin of Leonid
1875–80; < New Latin Leonidēs, equivalent to Latin Leōn- (stem of Leō ) Leo + -idēs -id 1
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Even after 1964, when Leonid Brezhnev halted reforms, persecuted dissidents and presided over what came to be regarded as “the era of stagnation,” the arbitrary arrests of millions did not resume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Most of those killed and missing were young women born between 2003 and 2008, according to a list of casualties published by the Moscow-backed governor of occupied Lugansk, Leonid Pasechnik.
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
As he worked his way in closer, Mercader reported to Leonid Eitignon, a Soviet spymaster who “always appeared to be in control. A glass of cognac would last him an entire evening.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
In the early 1980s, however, the leaders of the two superpowers of that time, Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev and President Ronald Reagan, teamed up to drive a knife through that particular fantasy.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2025
When Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko passed away in March 1985, he became the third Soviet leader—following Leonid Brezhnev and Yuri Andropov—to die in three years.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
The 10-year-old kept running out of wreaths and had to ask his father, Leonides Magallonmata, an Army drill sergeant, to return to the truck to get more.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022
Leonides discouraged these questions and speculations, not, it would seem, because he disapproved of them, but because he sensibly thought them premature in so young a child.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
With regard to cancer, he quotes from Archigenes and Leonides.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
Book, under name of Andrew, by Naxochristes and Leonides.
From The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Besant, Annie Wood
The epigrams on Leonides and on Marathon are well known.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
Between November 3rd and December 2nd, but especially during the weekend of November 16-17, the Leonids will be unusually easy to see and appreciate, according to the American Meteor Society.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2024
They also show up on balmy summer nights, as opposed to the Leonids and Geminids, which arrive in November and December, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024
The Leonids - one of the most prolific annual meteor showers - will be streaking across UK skies in the early hours of Saturday and Sunday.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023
The Leonids are famous for occasionally producing meteor storms.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
In about thirty-six million-miles, three weeks after the Leonids, Julia Bishop is coming to visit for her Thanksgiving break from school.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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