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Orel

American  
[aw-rel, oh-rel, uh-ryawl] / ɔˈrɛl, oʊˈrɛl, ʌˈryɔl /

noun

  1. a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.


Orel British  
/ aˈrjɔl /

noun

  1. a city in W Russia; founded in 1564 but damaged during World War II. Pop: 333 000 (2005 est)

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It hadn’t happened for the Dodgers since Orel Hershiser in 1988.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

“Talking to Orel about some of that stuff that he’s gone through and the way people react to him, I think it’s obviously two different situations,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

Ashley Young and Doucoure have already confirmed their departures, along with back-up goalkeepers Asmir Begovic and Joao Virginia, while loanees Jack Harrison, Jesper Lindstrom, Orel Mangala and Armando Broja have returned to their parent clubs.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

The deals of Armando Broja, Jesper Lindstrom, Orel Mangala and Jack Harrison come to an end in June too, with no guarantees of those players being signed permanently.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

Frantz Ivanitch Lejeune, my neighbour, and a landowner of Orel, had arrived at the respectable position of a Russian nobleman in a not quite ordinary way.

From A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I by Garnett, Constance

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