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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 directly to the Netherlands and has since been held at the ICC's detention unit at Scheveningen Prison.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

A keen jockey, she has a horse named Mojito and was nicknamed the Cocktail Queen while working at a beach bar in Scheveningen during the summer holidays.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2022

At Scheveningen beach in The Hague, authorities built walls of sand to protect beachfront bars from the storm, even as dozens of surfers braved the weather in search of storm-driven waves.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022

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

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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