Mearns
Britishnoun
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Especially notable so far has been the prodigious performing of Mira Nadon, returning to the lead in “Diamonds,” which due to the indisposition of Sara Mearns she performed five times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
His surname is Mearns, but he used Cavanagh, his mother's maiden name as a tribute to her.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
But his design for the minimally articulated closing duet with Ms. Mearns and Stanley makes them seem to be missing lower limbs—which is just puzzling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
The large scarlet wings on the ballet’s two leading women—Sara Mearns, often coupled with Stanley, and Isabella LaFreniere, mostly opposite Mr. Tomash—resemble those of archangels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
Mearns Cottontail.—The cottontail was formerly common only in the southern part of Michigan, but it now occurs over all the cultivated area of the Lower Peninsula.
From The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 by Norman Wood
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