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- proper noun A
Ukrainian surname . - proper noun Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian writer (1814 – 1861).
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- noun Ukranian poet (1814-1861)
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Examples
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On request of the audience, I read poems by Taras Shevchenko from the book that I brought to the Sonoma activists.
STATE HISTORIC PARK 2003
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Let them learn from [Andriy] Shevchenko or Blokhin and not from some Zumba-Bumba whom they took off a tree, gave him two bananas and now he plays in the Ukrainian League.
The Volokh Conspiracy » But Isn’t It a Bit Hard to Predict With a 7-Year-Old? 2010
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Answer below9: Grant Holt's Norwich goal tally – the same number that Andriy Shevchenko managed for Chelsea in three seasons.
Saturday Sundae: Thierry Henry takes curtain call for Arsenal 2012
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The former Chelsea forward Andriy Shevchenko rounded off the second-leg rout to complete a 4-0 win in Kiev, to add to last week's 4-1 triumph in Turkey.
Dynamo Kiev thrash Beskitas to set up Manchester City clash in last 16 2011
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But Fernando Torres, at £50m, could be another Abramovich vanity project: potentially a Spanish Andriy Shevchenko.
Carlo Ancelotti on the precipice as Chelsea prepare for Old Trafford | Paul Hayward 2011
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Serginho, the much-maligned Brazil centre-forward of 1982, is perhaps the most controversial example, while Stephane Guivarc'h did something similar for France in 1998, while Andrea Pirlo's reinvention as a deep-lying regista at Milan owed at least something to the ball-winning Andriy Shevchenko did in front of him.
The Question: Should Man Utd worry about how many goals Rooney scores? | Jonathan Wilson 2011
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Mad, bad and dangerous to knowDidier Drogba, having seen off the challenges of Andriy Shevchenko, Hernán Crespo and Nicolas Anelka, has probably scent-marked Fernando Torres's peg at Cobham.
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To restore the fountain of youth and freshness, the new man will have to have autonomy, and will not want to arrive at the training ground one morning to find an Andriy Shevchenko or Torres gift-wrapped in Russian ribbons.
Rejoining Chelsea would be an exercise in survival for Guus Hiddink 2011
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At half-time in one game Mourinho instructed his players to pass only to Andriy Shevchenko because "Didier is having trouble keeping hold of it".
Didier Drogba feels the heat of change at Chelsea | Paul Hayward 2011
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At international level a goal in the opening game at Euro 96 for Alan Shearer, on the back of a two-year international drought, propelled him towards becoming the tournament's top scorer – but even during his fruitless streak with England Shearer was banging in goals for Blackburn; conversely, when Andriy Shevchenko, the Chelsea flop that Torres must dread emulating, was failing to score frequently for his club, he continued to net regularly for Ukraine.
Excuses starting to wear thin for goal-shy Fernando Torres 2011
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