Lovell
Americannoun
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Sir Alfred Charles Bernard, 1913–2012, British astronomer.
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a male given name.
noun
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Joélle Harvey was a luminous Pamina; Josh Lovell a stalwart Tamino, even when the joke was on him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Originally from Suffolk, Lovell moved to Australia in 2011 where she lived with her two daughters and husband.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The observatory, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is dominated by the enormous Lovell Telescope, a structure that was voted Britain's greatest unsung landmark in 2006.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
A radio telescope like the giant Lovell dish catches radio signals from distant stars, galaxies and planets in space, turning them into pictures and scientific data.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
I was glad Jim Lovell stayed healthy and was able to fly Gemini 7, but at the same time I was sad that I was not able to fly it myself.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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