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Shirer

American  
[shahyuhr-er] / ˈʃaɪər ər /

noun

  1. William Lawrence, 1904–1993, U.S. journalist, news broadcaster, and writer.


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“To allow the State to retry the defendant on the second-degree murder charge violates defendant’s protections against double jeopardy,” District Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach said in her ruling, agreeing with Gasser’s lawyer, Dane Ciolino.

From Seattle Times Feb. 11, 2021

"To allow the State to retry the defendant on the second-degree murder charge violates defendant’s protections against double jeopardy," District Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach said in her ruling, agreeing with Gasser’s lawyer, Dane Ciolino.

From Fox News Feb. 11, 2021

That was what was interesting from the William Shirer diaries . . . about his broadcast.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2020

Shirer fumed, “My God! Here was the old continent on the brink of war…and the network was most reluctant to provide five minutes a day from here to report it.”

From The Guardian May 22, 2019

"Would you like to meet Shirer?" she offered.

From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Laxer, Mark Eliot

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