Maura

[mawr-uh]

noun

1. a female given name, Irish form of Mary.

Example Sentences

Following the initial release of those recommendations, Gov. Maura Healey issued a statement applauding the commission’s work.

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“We believe that the worst of the tariff and economic disruptions to our businesses are now behind us,” said David Maura, chief executive of Spectrum Brands SPB 5.63%increase; green up pointing triangle , which sells everything from pet food to insect repellent, on a call with investors this month.

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"I've watched Love Island since it started, I'm seeing the likes of Molly-Mae and Maura Higgins, the really top sort of influencers, and I just thought, 'oh my gosh this could really change my life, I could become one of them'," she said.

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Some who appear on shows such as Love Island - including influencers Molly-Mae Hague and Maura Higgins - use their time in the villa as springboards to far greater success.

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True to her name, Marioneta is a puppet whose look is immediately recognizable as that of Carmen Maura’s character Pepa in Pedro Almodóvar’s 1988 “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.”

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