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biography

[bahy-og-ruh-fee, bee-] / baɪˈɒg rə fi, bi- /


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"The visit comes in the biggest crisis in Anglo-American relations for a century," says Andrew Lownie, author of the best-selling biography of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Interviewees joke about how inscrutable he is, guess at aspects of his biography, and early on we hear Michaels’ belief that explaining humor is pointless.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Mr. Clifford is president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation and author of “The Troublemaker,” a biography of Jimmy Lai.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The star has been teasing the plan since 2023, and on Monday she cleared her Instagram and changed her biography to one of Hung Up's lyrics: "Time goes by so slowly."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

I stared at the small rectangular box that appeared next to the professor’s biography.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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