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Mario

American  
[mahr-ee-oh, mar-, mah-ryaw] / ˈmɑr iˌoʊ, ˈmær-, ˈmɑ rjɔ /

noun

  1. a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.


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“The sky’s the limit,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

"Halo was once to Xbox what Mario is to Nintendo," said Corden, "but years of mismanagement have eroded that".

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Texas A&M led by four points before Reed threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Mario Craver on the second play of the fourth quarter to make it 31-20.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

But it’s not as extreme of an intervention as Mario Draghi’s “whatever it takes” pledge to preserve the euro or Ben Bernanke’s bazooka program in response to the collapse of Lehman Brothers, experts say.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Most important, Tawantinsuyu “managed to eradicate hunger,” the Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa noted.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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