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Petrie

American

[pee-tree] / ˈpi tri /

noun

Sir (William Matthew) Flinders 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.

Petrie British

/ ˈpɛtrɪ /

noun

Sir ( William Matthew ) Flinders . 1853–1942, British Egyptologist and archaeologist

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Lisa Petrie and others have called for tougher penalties for people caught with knives.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

I loved watching Van Dyke’s character, Rob Petrie, manage hijinks at work and home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

“It made them look like money or more like stock certificates, which people were more familiar with back in the day,” Petrie Jr. said.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2024

An immigrant from South Korea, Choi did not win reelection in 2022 when redistricting pit him against another Assembly incumbent, Democrat Cottie Petrie Norris of Laguna Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024

The earliest specimens of glass-ware which can be definitely claimed as Egyptian productions, and the glass manufactory discovered by Dr Flinders Petrie at Tell el Amarna, belong to the period of the XVIIIth dynasty.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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