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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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JaCobian Morgan played in four games with two starts as a freshman last season after DeVito was injured, Dillon Markiewicz has thrown one pass, and Justin Lamson enrolled in February and has no statistics.

From Seattle Times Oct. 17, 2021

Ms. Donovan performs with Adam Markiewicz, a violinist and vocalist, under the name LEYA.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2021

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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