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The case began in 2009, when a trucker named Alphonse Maddin had just gotten a new job driving for the trucking company TransAm.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Some of the most shocking evidence heard in the inquiry was from Rudakubana's parents Alphonse Rudakubana and Laetitia Muzayire.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

United have spent more than £120m on attacking players this summer in Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo but it was their captain who proved the difference, punishing two errors by Hammers goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025

“The more things change, the more they stay the same,” French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Kerr said in 1849.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

“Perhaps I feared to make Alphonse jealous,” she interjoined, with excessive naïveté.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin