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See if you can determine when these words first appeared in print, per the Oxford English Dictionary, in the quiz below. If ...
There were seven such injuries in the NBA this season, when the normal average is 1.3 – is it a fluke, or a trend?
Shoogly, skooshy, beamer and bummer are among 13 new entries added by editors at the OED.
Articles written by James Murray - Page 1James Murray is the editor-in-chief of BusinessGreen having launched the site in October 2007. He is responsible for BusinessGreen's leading news, opinion ...
Books Received Published: 06 July 1929 The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English F. S. M. Nature 124, 7 (1929) Cite this article ...
How American billionaires, Ryan Reynolds, LeBron James and Tom Brady have upended English soccer By Gavin Newsham Published June 15, 2025, 7:00 a.m. ET ...
Andrew James Jowett Murray was a South African painter who was born in 1917. How much does an Andrew James Jowett Murray cost? Andrew James Jowett Murray's work has been offered at auction multiple ...
Publication date 1999 Topics Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915, Minor, William Chester, Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915, Minor, William Chester, Oxford English dictionary, New ...
An Oxford-born celebrity is said to be 'leading the odds' as a favourite to play the role of the next James Bond. The iconic role was first portrayed by Sean Connery back in 1962's Dr.
A judge has denied James and Jennifer Crumbley new trials, concluding the parents of the Oxford school shooter both got fair trials even though prosecutors intentionally withheld from the defense ...
"The latest coins were minted in the autumn of 1642, the beginning of the English Civil War and just prior to the Battle of Aylesbury, which took place a few miles away at Holman's Bridge.