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Cleves

American  
[kleevz] / klivz /

noun

  1. a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.


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Calum Nall is a chef at the Anne of Cleves pub in Melton Mowbray, which is located next door to the church that hosts the pie awards.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2023

Henry sent him to paint Anne of Cleves, to help the monarch decide whether to make her his fourth wife.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2020

“It’s a giant project. It’s just so complicated,” said Mayor Charlie Cleves.

From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 2019

Lee meticulously cited 19th-century lesbian diarist Anne Lister and the works of modern historian Rachel Hope Cleves as points of reference.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2017

She drew back from me then, and took me by the hand, and turned impetuously to the Duke of Cleves, who stood behind smiling at her in frank amusement.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John

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