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Bochum

American  
[boh-khoom] / ˈboʊ xʊm /

noun

  1. a city in central North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.


Bochum British  
/ ˈboːxum /

noun

  1. an industrial city in NW Germany, in W North Rhine-Westphalia: university (1965). Pop: 387 283 (2003 est)

"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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An international team of researchers from Bochum and Heidelberg in Germany and Beijing in China identified the drug while screening a collection of antiviral compounds.

From Science Daily Apr. 6, 2026

They also suffered an embarrassing exit in the German Cup to second-division Bochum.

From Barron's Dec. 1, 2025

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have identified how such a cofactor, the so-called hydrogen cluster, is assembled.

From Science Daily Jun. 3, 2024

Leverkusen’s last loss across all competitions was a 3-0 defeat to Bochum in the final round of last season’s Bundesliga nearly a year ago — on May 27, 2023.

From Seattle Times May 2, 2024

He brushed aside my remarks, "But we have also here is this very region Dortmund, Bochum, Witten, Duisburg, Krefeld, Dusseldorf, Solingen, Elberfeld and Barmen."

From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas

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