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suitor

sooh ter

  • n  a man who courts a woman

  • But the great ape was her strangest, strongest suitor, in a horror film that was also a poignant love story.
  • In New York, a jealous suitor and two friends have been charged with setting a fire last year in a Puerto Rican social club in the South Bronx.
  • In the ancient tradition, he explains, the suitor negotiates the marriage with the family through a so-called ambassador.
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  • Trent Lott in BusinessWeek
    You're an aggressive suitor, but the lady from the South doesn't want to be forced into this shotgun wedding,said Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss, a reference to Delta's Atlanta headquarters.
  • Carl Icahn in Reuters
    Icahn said last month the company's "recent purported attempt to find a suitor was not conducted in a way to enhance the success of the endeavor."
  • Don Blankenship in Kentucky.com
    While it's possible, it's not likely that we would be a suitor,Blankenship said during a conference call with Wall Street analysts Friday.

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