Orr


Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
Robert Gordon (“Bobby”) born 1948, Canadian ice-hockey player.
Contemporary Examples

Detroit’s Bankruptcy Raises Questions That Go Far Beyond the City Limits Stephen D. Eide July 19, 2013
Saving Detroit: When a Big City Stops Being Big Megan McArdle May 12, 2013
The Republican Occupation of Detroit Sally Kohn July 29, 2014

Historical Examples

The Young Railroaders Francis Lovell Coombs
The Longest Journey E. M. Forster
Business English Rose Buhlig
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Various
An Introduction to the Study of Browning Arthur Symons
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Various
The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident Edgar Saltus

noun
Robert Gordon, known as Bobby. born 1948, Canadian ice-hockey player
Office of Refugee Relief
Office of Refugee Resettlement

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