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Scheveningen

American  
[skhey-vuhn-ing-uhn] / ˈsxeɪ vənˌɪŋ ən /

noun

  1. a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.


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Duterte, who was president from 2016 to 2022, was arrested in Manila in March last year, flown to the Netherlands and has since been held at the ICC's detention unit at Scheveningen Prison.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

In the Netherlands, streets around harbors flooded overnight in some North Sea towns including Scheveningen, the seaside suburb of The Hague.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Her most exciting game was one of those losses, to veteran Georgia GM Nana Dzagnidze in a cut-and-thrust Sicilian Scheveningen.

From Washington Times • Dec. 8, 2020

Between Easter and October, 75 beach bars are set up on a seven-mile stretch of wild north beach in the neighborhood of Scheveningen.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2019

It’s been stormy and stormily beautiful to Vincent in Scheveningen lately, and into the squalls he goes.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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