Moira
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Bouma, working with Moira Jardine of the University of St Andrews, focused on an unusual class of M dwarfs known as complex periodic variables.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
Earlier this month millionaire businessman and rock drummer Paul McManus confirmed he would fund the action after Moira agreed to transfer the legal rights of the case.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
He said the party would continue to support Salmond's widow Moira in court action against the Scottish government.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
Her agency CAA confirmed at the time that the actor, celebrated for her portrayal of narcissistic former soap star Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek,” died after a brief illness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Then about two days after this snub in Room 20, I was coming down the stairs of the main house when I found Moira B. just behind me.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
The actress also points to the mythological figures known as The Fates or Moirai, who appear throughout the series and become increasingly central to Zoe's emotional unravelling.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
He now lives back in New York, where his next project will be Gbadu and the Moirai Index, a work for four female singers to be performed near the New York stock exchange.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2013
Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
The harps of the minstrels hung silent on the wall, and men spake in whispering voices, for the awful Moirai were at hand to bear Alkestis to the shadowy kingdom.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
To keep this pact, I find surpass my power; Rescind it, Moirai!
From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald
