vane
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Alongside Aparicio is Sri Lankan actress Merle Oberon, who is believed to have Māori heritage, for her performance as Kitty Vane in Sidney Franklin's 1933 film “The Dark Angel.”
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024
King County, originally named in 1852 for Vice President William Rufus de Vane King, a slave owner and advocate for the Fugitive Slave Act, was renamed for the civil-rights hero in 2005.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024
"I thought it was a joke at first", carpenter Roger Vane told me.
From BBC • May 18, 2023
Midway through the series of books, and I actually did not know this before I read them, Wimsey meets a plain but brilliant young novelist named Harriet Vane, and romance ensues.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2020
“Hi, Harry!” said Romilda Vane, the moment he had climbed through the portrait hole.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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