Roxburgh

[ roks-bur-oh, -buhr-oh or, especially British, -bruh ]

/ ˈrɒks bɜr oʊ, -bʌr oʊ or, especially British, -brə /

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noun

a historic county in SE Scotland.

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Also called Rox·burgh·shire

[roks-bur-oh-sheer, -sher, -buhr-, -bruh-]. /ˈrɒks bɜr oʊˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -bʌr-, -brə-/.

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Roxburgh’s home waterway, Lake Michigan, receives roughly half of all of the Great Lakes plastic pollution.
The Trash Divers Protecting America’s Best-Loved Lakes|Svati Narula|November 3, 2021|Outside Online
Social media helps Roxburgh and dozens of area divers showcase the hidden wonders of Great Lakes scuba while illustrating the severe plastic plight lurking below the surface.
The Trash Divers Protecting America’s Best-Loved Lakes|Svati Narula|November 3, 2021|Outside Online
Roxburgh in his book points to the creation in 2005 of Russia Today, which is now known as RT.
Confessions of a Putin Spin Doctor|Eli Lake|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to Angus Roxburgh, a former BBC reporter who worked on the Ketchum Russia account between 2006 and 2009, not much.
Confessions of a Putin Spin Doctor|Eli Lake|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Nonetheless, Roxburgh and Ketchum in this time period urged the Kremlin to open up more with western reporters in Moscow.
Confessions of a Putin Spin Doctor|Eli Lake|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In this period, Roxburgh said Ketchum was receiving $1 million a month to provide PR consulting to Russia.
Confessions of a Putin Spin Doctor|Eli Lake|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bruce agreed to raise no new fortresses132 within the counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, and Dumfries.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
I wish they were not coming here all the same, for I know they will be disappointed; and Roxburgh is not a place to be poor in.
Salome|Emma Marshall
It had given Roxburgh its fame; and now, being out of repute, was cast aside and renounced.
Salome|Emma Marshall
Roxburgh mentions one, punusa, but Piddington does not admit it into his Index.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle
Roxburgh had seen it in the forests of Chittagong,1533 in the form of Musa sapientum.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle