shire

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More recently, his works have also provided a fertile shire for nationalists who see themselves in his heroic archetypes.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

One comment simply read: "Anything that ends with shire will do me, Lincolnshire or Yorkshire."

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2021

“If we could get five new families to the shire, for us that would be a massive success,” Hancock said Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2021

Garry Keeffe, the CEO of the local shire of Northampton, says its biggest benefit will be stable work in a place where the last Australian Bureau of Statistics census put the average age at 51.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2020

There were dappled Percherons from France and shire geldings of tremendous size built to bear the weight of men in armor.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli