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Aalst

British  
/ aːlst /

noun

  1. the Flemish name for Alost

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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

“We’re seeing these compounding and cascading effect across sectors and across regions,” van Aalst said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

“Beyond 1.5, we’re not going to manage on a lot of fronts,” said Maarten van Aalst, the director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center and an author of the report.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 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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