carlin
Britishnoun
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Origin of carlin
C18: named after a French actor who played Harlequin, because of the resemblance of the dog's face to the black mask of the Harlequin
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Stephanie Carlin started working with Norris as he made his first steps in the junior categories aged 15, continued to do so until he made it to F1 four years later, and is now McLaren's F1 business operations director.
From BBC
"Lando has always been really open about what he feels his weaknesses are as much as what he feels his strengths are," Carlin says.
From BBC
The legendary comedian George Carlin had a famous routine about stuff— something my dad had shown me from time to time over the years.
From MarketWatch
“That’s the whole meaning of life, isn’t it — trying to find a place for your stuff,” Carlin ranted.
From MarketWatch
First and foremost, it captures a hoarder’s lifetime of loot—“a place for my stuff,” as George Carlin, the subject of Mr. Apatow’s 2022 documentary, “George Carlin’s American Dream,” would say.
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