Muir
noun
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
Muir
American
[myoor]
/ mjʊər /
noun
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Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
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John, 1838–1914, U.S. naturalist, explorer, and writer; born in Scotland.
muir
1
British
/ myr, mjuːr, muːr /
noun
Muir
2
British
/ mjʊə /
noun
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Muir advises investors, “It’s time to pick away at buying portfolio protection” because, when volatility is repriced quickly, the moves can be explosive and too fast to act on.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
This is why Muir says that “the market is vastly underestimating the dangers lurking under the covers.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Hospital network John Muir Health in Contra Costa County is cutting 78 jobs across multiple locations including Walnut Creek, Concord and Pleasanton, according to government filings from Aug. 27.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Muir said Dr Blake's review would be "thorough but not prolonged", and told the committee it would be complete "by early autumn".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
He was a guy who had a gigantic grove of redwoods named after him, called Muir Woods, where we take school trips every year.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
"I'll follow you oure moss and muir, I'll follow you oure mountains many, I'll follow you through frost and snaw, I'll stay na langer wi' my daddie."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
They were full seven score men and seven Upon the muir who met: The king is slain--how rede we now?
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
She lived in a small cottage on the heathy muir, and at a considerable distance from the other houses, which, in these times, were not numerous.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
“Behind their course the English fells In deepening blue retire; Till soon before them boldly swells The muir of dun Redswire.”
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
“And what brings my bairns so late across the muir the nicht?” she asked.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Gordon Stables
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