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Kimberley

[ kim-ber-lee ]

noun

  1. a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
  2. Also Kimberly. a female given name.


Kimberley

/ ˈɪəɪ /

noun

  1. a city in central South Africa; the capital of Northern Cape province: besieged (1899–1900) for 126 days during the Boer War; diamond-mining and -marketing centre, with heavy engineering works. Pop: 62 526 (2001)
  2. Also calledthe Kimberleys a plateau region of NW Australia, in N Western Australia: consists of rugged mountains surrounded by grassland. Area: about 360 000 sq km (140 000 sq miles)
“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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Kimberley Grima regularly lies awake at night, calculating which of her three children – who, like her, all have chronic illnesses – can see their specialists.

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However, his manager, Kimberley Hoskins, is taking him and their former employer to tribunal, claiming her allergy amounted to a disability and that they discriminated against her.

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Kimberley's family said they were "shocked and angry" to learn there is currently no law in England that compels someone to get help in an emergency unless there is a duty of care.

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Freddie, who first went to the dog show when he was two weeks old, was there with his parents, James and Kimberley.

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One of the mothers, Kimberley Rhodes, said she had "ordered taxis" to get her children to school because she needed to get to work afterwards.

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