deacon
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“Tone poem” is an overused term in cinema, but the humbling “Time and Water,” graced with a playful, atmospheric Dan Deacon score, earns that distinction.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Spence admitted the offence and at a hearing last week magistrate Richard Deacon sentenced him to a £146 fine and ordered him to pay £120 in costs.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
I had the, yes, the pleasure of playing directly against fellow Hall members such as Deacon Jones, Buck Buchanon, Bobby Bell and Claude Humphrey, and a slew of other notable defensive linemen.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Deacon Mannings was there for the cathedral's opening in 1967.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
And after Deacon Hurd had prayed long enough to aggravate the prophet Elijah, Turner sat down and began to think that maybe Phippsburg wouldn’t be such a bad place after all—once he learned the language.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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