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Cora

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[kawr-uh, kohr-uh] / ˈkɔr ə, ˈkoʊr ə /

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. Kore.

  2. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “girl.”


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“He has one job to do. It wasn’t his best day,” Cora said about Bucknor after the game.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Instead the two become friends, and Cora consigns the fling to the realm of her imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Cora and Sam attend parent-teacher-association meetings and their families form a pod during the Covid-19 lockdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Cora dealt with a health scare in “A New Era” while both grieved the death of Violet, whose presence still looms in “The Grand Finale.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

Cora was too distracted to reverse her mistakes in the quilt.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead