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  • proper noun A surname.

Etymologies

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Related to Kane, O'Kane, and is the Irish Ò'Calthán. The Keane family originated in Ulster.

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Examples

  • KEANE ANNOUNCE NIGHT TRAIN AND ENGLISH FOREST TOUR Following the worldwide success of their third consecutive Number One album, Perfect Symmetry, Keane are pleased to announce details of a new eight-song EP and a tour of English forests.

    Interscope Records RSS Feed 2010

  • KEANE ANNOUNCE NIGHT TRAIN AND ENGLISH FOREST TOUR Following the worldwide success of their third consecutive Number One album, Perfect Symmetry, Keane are pleased to announce details of a new eight-song EP and a tour of English forests.

    Interscope Records RSS Feed 2010

  • But Kevin Keane, a spokesman for the American Beverage Association, which represents the non-alcoholic beverage industry, says the study "is not representative of real world eating habits, It picks and chooses what foods to look at with narrow presumptions about how foods might be substituted for one another."

    Study: People would lose 5 pounds a year if soda cost extra 18% 2010

  • Kevin Keane, Senior Vice President of The American Beverage Association, a lobbying firm which represents the producers of non-alcoholic beverages including Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, and Pepsi, says the president's proposal would amount to a new tax on the middle class.

    Could President Obama propose a soda tax? 2009

  • "The complexities of health-care reform aren't going to be solved by a tax on soda pop," says Kevin Keane, a spokesman for the American Beverage Association, which represents the non-alcoholic beverage industry.

    Soda tax mulled as senators seek health overhaul money 2009

  • With his unique instincts for performance, great art and storytelling, Keane is aiming to raise the bar still further in this newest telling of the classic fairy tale.

    Mad Dog Movies « Sneak Peeks from Disney’s Annual Report 2006

  • ON MY WAY HOME, I called Keane and told him I felt dizzy and that I was taking a sick day.

    The Quickie Patterson, James, 1947- 2007

  • Could I just say that: "Keane is music for people who don't really like music - it's like Coldplay and Travis"?

    Thirteen Senses 2005

  • They have some clearly dishonorable company in their ranks, though, and I'm one Democrat who thinks that Keane is to be commended for taking a clear stand against that dishonorable cohort.

    1000 words aren't needed... 2004

  • They have some clearly dishonorable company in their ranks, though, and I'm one Democrat who thinks that Keane is to be commended for taking a clear stand against that dishonorable cohort.

    Archive 2004-04-01 2004

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