Ashton

American

[ash-tuhn] / ˈæʃ tən /

noun

Sir Frederick (William), 1906–1988, English dancer and choreographer, born in Ecuador.

Ashton British

/ ˈæʃtən /

noun

Sir Frederick. 1906–88, British ballet dancer and choreographer. His ballets include Façade (1931), to music by Walton, La Fille mal gardée (1960), The Dream (1964), and A Month in the Country (1976)

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I make myself a cup of coffee and make the kids their breakfast and lunch, then Ashton takes them to the bus.

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For Ashton, referees need to get pace into the game from the off.

From BBC

Beth Ashton, 25, weighed less than her four-year-old sister, had a perforated lung and her bladder had "completely collapsed" by the time she died last November.

From BBC

Greaves finished runner-up on the development tour to become only the second woman, after Lisa Ashton, to earn a professional two-year tour card.

From BBC

Councillor Tom Ashton, portfolio holder for planning at the neighbouring East Lindsey authority, previously described the project as "the thin end of the wedge of climate madness" and said: "Its scale and mass beggars belief."

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