Paine

American

[peyn] / peɪn /

noun

Albert Bigelow 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
Robert Treat 1731–1814, U.S. jurist and statesman.
Thomas, 1737–1809, U.S. patriot and writer on government and religion, born in England.

Paine British

/ peɪn /

noun

Thomas. 1737–1809, American political pamphleteer, born in England. His works include the pamphlets Common Sense (1776) and Crisis (1776–83), supporting the American colonists' fight for independence; The Rights of Man (1791–92), a justification of the French Revolution; and The Age of Reason (1794–96), a defence of deism

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Victoria Bond, 40, from Cornwall, was among those killed in the tourist hotspot of Torres del Paine National Park in Chile.

From BBC

Victoria Bond, from Cornwall, was named by officials in Chile as among those killed in the tourist hotspot of Torres del Paine National Park, in the south of the country.

From BBC

“In America the law is king,” Thomas Paine wrote in 1776.

From Los Angeles Times

The charity's deputy CEO, Karen Paine BEM, says they are proud Jodie - now their patron - will be taking part in this year's championship and she will be "cheering her on every step of the way".

From BBC

What Paine said in his time is also true today.

From Salon

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