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MacBride

American  
[muhk-brahyd] / məkˈbraɪd /

noun

  1. Seán 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.


MacBride British  
/ məkˈbraɪd /

noun

  1. Sean (ʃɔːn). 1904–88, Irish statesman; minister for external affairs (1948–51); chairman of Amnesty International (1961–75); Nobel Peace Prize 1974; UN commissioner for Namibia (1974–76)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Eyewitness Patricia MacBride, who is originally from Londonderry, said many of the rioters were "young people - late-teens, early 20s".

From BBC Nov. 24, 2023

This “modern waste,” as Samantha MacBride, an assistant professor at Baruch College, calls this jumble of materials, is notable for its heterogeneity, toxicity, and tonnage.

From Slate Nov. 26, 2022

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said recent University of Iowa graduate Makeda Serenity Scott drowned while boating with a co-worker on Lake MacBride in eastern Iowa.

From Washington Times Sep. 18, 2020

Roger MacBride, a Republican elector from Virginia, deserted Nixon to vote for the candidate of the nascent Libertarian Party, John Hospers, a philosophy professor at USC.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2016

Mr. and Mrs. Ogden—they were the New Yorkers—gave this story much applause, and Dr. MacBride half a minute later laid his "ha-ha," like a heavy stone, upon the gaiety.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

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