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Ryan

American  
[rahy-uhn] / ˈraɪ ən /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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"Whether that's Ryan Christie or Kenny McLean, who could sit in with Lewis Ferguson and let Scott McTominay play as a number 10 a bit further forward."

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

“We are running out of landfill,” Sunrise, Fla., Mayor Mike Ryan says.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

“Consumer Reports treats trips with the same pickup and drop-off points as identical. They are not,” said Uber spokesperson Ryan Thornton.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Altman was eliminated relatively early in the game, after a back-and-forth with former OpenAI executive Ryan Beiermeister about who was mafia in the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Ryan, sitting on the floor to watch television, waited for his mother to tell him to go to bed because he had to go to school the next day.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

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