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Rowe

American  
[roh] / roʊ /

noun

  1. Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.


Rowe British  
/ rəʊ /

noun

  1. Nicholas . 1674–1718, English dramatist, who produced the first critical edition of Shakespeare; poet laureate (1715–18). His plays include Tamerlane (1702) and The Fair Penitent (1703)

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A Reform spokesman said: "Cllr Rowe has been suspended from Reform UK pending investigation."

From BBC • May 12, 2026

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From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Rowe burst through for a magnificent try and although Beetham crossed for a late consolation, the game had long been over as a contest.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Another, the Hurricane fault system, is about 75 miles away, “kind of in the northern corner of Arizona and up into Utah,” according to Rowe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Dvorak’s other notable student, organist and composer Harry Rowe Shelley, may not have heeded the call as conscientiously, certainly not if his orchestral works Souvenir de Baden-Baden and The Crusaders are anything to go by.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall