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Willie

American  
[wil-ee] / ˈwɪl i /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of William.

  2. a female given name.


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Some families developed close ties with political figures Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown Jr., all of whom, like the museum and opera, increasingly leaned on private donors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Seven years on, the battle between the two clubs will come to a head in the commercial court in Nantes on Monday, following a hearing in December 2025 in which Cardiff argued the man who booked the flight, Willie McKay, was acting on behalf of the French club - a claim denied by Nantes.

From BBC

Willie McKay was not registered as a football agent at the time of Sala's death, but his son Mark was, and was working with Nantes to try to sign Sala to a Premier League club.

From BBC

A Hull KR statement, external read: "Willie will leave with the very best wishes of everyone at the club after four years of being the most successful coach in our modern history, taking us to the very pinnacle of the sport as world champions."

From BBC

Willie Geist, a co-host on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” is an exception as he continues to anchor NBC’s “Sunday Today.”

From Los Angeles Times