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Irene

[ ahy-ree-nee ahy-reenor, especially British, ahy-ree-nee ]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
  2. Also ··Բ [] A female given name.


Irene

/ ɪˈːɪ /

noun

  1. Irene?752803FByzantinePOLITICS: hereditary rulerRELIGION: saint ?752–803 ad , Byzantine ruler (780–90, 792–97, joint ruler with her son Constantine VI; 797–802). She is venerated as a saint in the Greek Orthodox Church
  2. Greek myth the goddess of peace
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In 2021, the Andersons were looking forward to the birth of their daughter, whom they had named Eloise Irene.

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There are scenes whose dialogue, with a little adjustment, could have served Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, or Carole Lombard and John Barrymore; it’s the world as once scripted by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur or Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, if not quite to that level, and the combination of theatrical speech and location shooting — in and around New York’s Lincoln Center and the Palais Garnier and Salle Favart in Paris — makes for something interesting.

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But a lapse in concentration at a corner allowed Irene Paredes to head in a third for Barcelona and Pina added to Chelsea's pain with a stoppage-time fourth.

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"Mapi Leon and Irene Paredes are good but they are slow and a bit older now. They are very open to making mistakes, especially with strong players and in a physical battle, they do struggle with that."

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Irene Adler – but the serialized nature of Doyle’s mysteries makes it an easy launch for spinoffs.

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