straw

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"It is the first time in my life that I experience a total closure" of the Holy Sepulchre, Jack Straw, a 52-year-old resident of Jerusalem’s Old City, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

While Ahmadinejad was dressed in “vintage, early 1980s” clothes, Larijani came from “the opposite end of the sartorial spectrum: suave, wearing a carefully pressed Ralph Lauren polo shirt,” Straw wrote in his memoir.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Kudos to all those who had Myles Straw, Daulton Varsho and Davis Schneider on your bingo card.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

Plus, Emily builds an army of Straw Men and somehow Elizabeth and Felix agree on something?

From Slate • Aug. 11, 2025

“His other boys, Ser Orson and Dick Straw, Hun- gerford, Will of the Woods, that lot, they’re still down in some dungeon thanks to us. Old Rags can’t have liked that much.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin