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[bawrn, bohrn] / bɔrn, boʊrn /




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“The state’s continued partnership with these companies when such widespread irregularities were identified by one of its own should alarm every taxpayer,” Bourn said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

“It ebbs and flows, but there have been years, like I remember I was in Cleveland, and we signed Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn late in camp,” Cubs general manager Carter Hawkins said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

William Bowers Bourn II, heir to the Empire gold mine fortune, purchased the land outside San Francisco in 1915 and hired his friend Polk to design the expansive country retreat.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022

Mr Bourn, from Orion Heritage, an archaeological and heritage consultancy, said it had been "a once in a lifetime experience for those involved".

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2022

Marybone was St. Mary-on-the-Bourne, corrupted to Marybone; as Holborn was Old Bourn, or the Old River; Bourne being the ancient English for river; hence the Scottish Burn.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac




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