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jonah

[joh-nuh] / ˈdʒoʊ nə /


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Jonah Pierce scored 13 points to lead the Blue Hose, a tiny South Carolina-based outfit out of the Big South Conference that lost to California by only 10 points this week.

From Los Angeles Times

Once viewed as a wunderkind from the beginning of baseball’s data revolution—he was the loose basis of Jonah Hill’s character in the “Moneyball” movie—DePodesta abandoned the sport nearly a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Silver family is interracial, Lena being black, Sarah white, and Jonah biracial, their parents having married after their respective divorces and everyone converting to Judaism.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2023, at just 20 years old, Miller won the Player of the Year award for New Zealand's top rugby player - the youngest winner since Jonah Lomu.

From BBC

Jonah Labib, Jacob’s father, said the boys had enjoyed a full day of competitive tournament matches at the Albion Cup in Temecula before the accident.

From Los Angeles Times