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Piercy

American  
[peer-see] / ˈpɪər si /

noun

  1. Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.


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Arlette Piercy, representing Lecka, said her client had expressed remorse and cited her previous good character and young age in mitigation.

From BBC

Joint runners up Shane Lowry, Jim Furyk and Scott Piercy, who were three shots behind, were the only other players to beat par.

From BBC

It’s June and “The green will never / again be so green, so purely and lushly / new,” as the poet Marge Piercy put it.

From New York Times

Thirty years later, in 1926, an English woman, Violet Piercy, ran the London Marathon course unofficially in 3:40:22 and completed two official marathons in 1933 and 1936.

From BBC

Piercy proceeded to shoot a 76, including a triple bogey on No. 14, and squander a five-stroke lead with 11 holes to go.

From Washington Times