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[bawrn, bohrn] / bɔrn, boʊrn /




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“The state’s continued partnership with these companies when such widespread irregularities were identified by one of its own should alarm every taxpayer,” Bourn said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

“It ebbs and flows, but there have been years, like I remember I was in Cleveland, and we signed Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn late in camp,” Cubs general manager Carter Hawkins said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Bourn and his wife, Agnes, had the house and gardens built to accommodate entertaining on a lavish scale; the couple hosted parties, concerts and balls in the mansion’s more than 2,000-square-foot ballroom.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022

Lead archaeologist Rob Bourn said the finds were of "national significance".

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2022

Marybone was St. Mary-on-the-Bourne, corrupted to Marybone; as Holborn was Old Bourn, or the Old River; Bourne being the ancient English for river; hence the Scottish Burn.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac




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