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Dalila

American  
[dal-uh-luh] / ˈdæl ə lə /

noun

Douay Bible.
  1. Delilah.


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Ben Mbarek has been on hunger strike for over a month and was at risk of dying, news agency AFP reports, citing his sister and lawyer Dalila Ben Mbarek.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

"Jawhar is on a hunger strike, he risks dying, and all he is asking is to appear before you in person," said Ben Mbarek's sister and lawyer Dalila Msaddek, representing her brother and other defendants.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

And early in fall 2022, she was able to creditably sing the generally low Dalila in Saint-Saëns’s “Samson et Dalila” in Naples, though her high notes were still problematic.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Based on the book by Zakiya Dalila Harris, this comedy, horror and mystery series on Hulu examines the realities of racism and sexism in the workplace.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

"Samson et Dalila" was begun by Saint-Sa�ns before the year of the Franco-German war.

From Masters of French Music by Hervey, Arthur