Shamir

American

[shah-meer] / ʃɑˈmɪər /

noun

Yitzhak 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.

Shamir British

/ ʃæˈmɪə /

noun

Yitzhak (ˈjɪtʒæk). 1915–2012, Israeli statesman, born in Poland: prime minister (1983–84; 1986–92): foreign minister (1980–83; 1984–86)

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Some say that the king enlisted the services of the great Shamir, a worm who could cut stone, and with this worm completed his work.

From Literature

But Mr Shamir denied the IDF was breaching the ceasefire.

From BBC

Preserving sperm has “great meaning” to bereaved families, says Dr Itai Gat, director of the sperm bank at Shamir Medical Center – who himself performs the surgery.

From BBC

His second foray into publishing was a children’s book, “Ben and Emma’s Big Hit,” which he co-wrote with Ruth Shamir and Alexandra Thompson illustrated.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2011, a WikiLeaks staffer named James Ball quit after learning that a Russian “peace activist” named Israel Shamir, a longtime friend of Assange’s, was providing raw intelligence files to the interior minister of Belarus.

From Slate

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