lea

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With their tournament over, this defeat brought down the curtain on the New Zealand careers of Bates, Devine and seamer Lea Tahuhu who are all retiring from international cricket.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

The latest detections included a calf in La Salle County, Texas, a goat in Gillespie County, Texas, and a dog in Lea County, New Mexico, following two earlier cases in Zavala County, Texas.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

A new-look back three of full-back Pauline Barrat and wings Anais Grando and Lea Murie have only 18 caps between them, but bags of pace and flair.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

“People are always trying to delegitimize my own opinions and my platform,” said Lea, who has more than 180,000 followers on Instagram.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

French jams, English marmalades, an unclean butter dish, bottles of ketchup and Lea & Perrins circled past, before what the Object wanted: an economy-size jar of Rolaids.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides