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Lovejoy

American  
[luhv-joi] / ˈlʌvˌdʒɔɪ /

noun

  1. Elijah P(arish), 1802–37, U.S. abolitionist and newspaper editor.


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Barring that, it never hurts to channel Helen Lovejoy from “The Simpsons”: You won’t go broke thinking about how we should all think of the children.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Mr Rimmer co-owns the restaurant with Simon Connolly and co-hosts Sunday Brunch on Channel 4 with Tim Lovejoy.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024

The good news for Angelenos stems from five rocks balanced precariously on top of other rocks in Lovejoy Buttes, a place in northern Los Angeles County that sits just 15 kilometers from the fault.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2023

Talavera was surrounded when, video shows, Lovejoy and Young arrived in marked cars, lights flashing, and began to scream “Don’t move” and “Get on the ground.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

James H. Collins, a noted abolition lawyer of Chicago, should also be highly praised for his work in the Lovejoy and Willard cases, but to the other men the real victory is to be ascribed.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White

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