Orrin
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Cheney aide Eric Edelman reveals that Sen. Orrin Hatch angered Mr. Bush’s national-security team by sharing classified information on CNN that the intelligence community was monitoring al Qaeda’s communications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
All but the 2021 recall campaign, which was spearheaded by retired Yolo County sheriff’s sergeant Orrin Heatlie, failed to qualify for the statewide ballot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
“If I gave that tape to a medical student and that was his explanation, I’d fail him,” Orrin Devinsky, a neurology professor at New York University, told the New York Times.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2023
Nick Orrin, Costa's interim UK and international managing director, said the pay rise would help staff who continue to live "during uncertain times".
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2023
I said, many pages back, that Orrin Wyllys' victims made no moan.
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
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