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Aalst

British  
/ aːlst /

noun

  1. the Flemish name for Alost

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Images from the scene showed the minibus lying on its side in Buggenhout, a small town near Aalst, to the north-west of the Belgian capital Brussels.

From BBC May 26, 2026

Christoph D'Haese, the mayor of Aalst, East Flanders, was quoted by local media as telling Mr Van Quickenborne he had "ridiculed" police and showed a "lack of respect".

From BBC Sep. 7, 2023

“She could have done this for eight years and gone and done other things,” van Aalst said.

From New York Times Jun. 5, 2023

Look at flooding in poor sections of Durban, South Africa, this year, said report co-author and climate scientist Maarten van Aalst, director of the International Red Cross and Crescent Climate Centre in the Netherlands.

From Seattle Times Sep. 12, 2022

Dorus and Anna take him to The Hague and find him a room with Willem Marinus Roos and his wife, Dina Margrieta van Roos-Van Aalst.

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

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