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Irving

[ur-ving]

noun

  1. Sir Henry John Henry Brodribb, 1838–1905, English actor.

  2. John, born 1942, U.S.-Canadian novelist, born in the United States.

  3. Washington, 1783–1859, U.S. essayist, story writer, and historian.

  4. a city in northeastern Texas, near Dallas.

  5. a male given name.



Irving

/ ˈɜːɪŋ /

noun

  1. Sir Henry. real name John Henry Brodribb. 1838–1905, English actor and manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London (1878–1902)

  2. Washington. 1783–1859, US essayist and short-story writer, noted for The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1820), which contains the stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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“It was hard to go back to work,” says the actor, who plays Mark’s Lumon co-worker Irving.

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Nine alleged members of the notorious Gulf Cartel have been arrested on suspicion of murder, according to Irving Barrios Mojica, attorney general for the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

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Authorities have made nine arrests in the slayings, Irving Barrios Mojica, the attorney general of Tamaulipas state, told journalists at an afternoon news conference.

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As early as 1999, Irving Kirsch, a lecturer at Harvard, began to explore the role of the placebo effect in antidepressant studies, asserting that the placebo response to medication was greater than any pharmacological effect.

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Museum manager John Irving said he had known the Hairy Biker for years and "his story is fascinating".

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