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Markiewicz

British  
/ mɑːˈkjeɪvɪtʃ /

noun

  1. Constance, Countess, original name Constance Gore-Booth. 1868–1927, Irish nationalist, married to a Polish count. She fought in the Easter Rising (1916) and was sentenced to death but reprieved. The first woman elected to the British parliament (1918), she refused to take her seat

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Syracuse finished 1-10 and ended up using three other players at the position — fifth-year senior Rex Culpepper and freshmen JaCobian Morgan and Dillon Markiewicz.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2021

He said his significant other, the Canadian actress Nastassia Markiewicz, “claims I don’t need to impress her anymore, but I take her there to rack up Brownie points.”

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2019

Damian Jacob Markiewicz Sendler has been tricking research outlets and reporters alike into publishing dubious statements for a while, an investigation by Jennings Brown at Gizmodo revealed Friday.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2019

In Sligo, as the Yeats summer school gathered next door to discuss Yeats and Asia, the woman in the tourist office asked me: “Do you know who Constance Markiewicz was?”

From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2018

The birthplace of the modern offense in this region may well be Arundel, where Coach Chuck Markiewicz instituted the run-and-shoot in 1990.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2015

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