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Orrin

American  
[awr-in, or-] / ˈɔr ɪn, ˈɒr- /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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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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