Woolley
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Samantha Woolley, a specialist prosecutor who led the Crown Prosecution Service case against Wright, said after Monday's hearing that justice "has finally been achieved".
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
“The ones that weren’t flexible or stuck by their current offerings even though they weren’t the most convenient solution for the job that needed to get done, well, their customers went somewhere else,” says Woolley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
The company was based in Chicago, but Woolley wanted a new headquarters with a new address—one in Midtown Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
June Spencer, who played matriarch Peggy Woolley in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama The Archers from 1951 until her retirement in 2022, has died at the age of 105.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
But you can’t be like Woolley by simply sitting still and wanting to be so.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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