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Neil

American  
[neel] / nil /

noun

  1. a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”


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“The market is caught between the largest supply disruption in modern history and growing de-escalation rhetoric from Washington,” said Neil Crosby, associate vice president of oil analytics at Sparta Commodities.

From The Wall Street Journal

Glover, Dwight said, will "be up here in in the Neil Armstrong territory of people of great accomplishments."

From Barron's

“The spoken word is perhaps the quintessential form of protected speech,” Justice Neil Gorsuch writes for the majority in Chiles v.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Colorado may regard its policy as essential to public health and safety,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote.

From Salon

“Sustainability comes way down the batting order behind factors like style, price and comfort,” said Neil Saunders, a managing director of research firm GlobalData.

From The Wall Street Journal