Bok

American

[bok] / bɒk /

noun

Edward William, 1863–1930, U.S. editor and writer, born in the Netherlands.

Bok British

/ bɒk /

noun

short for Springbok

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For the final stage of the study, they analyzed infrared observations of Mercury collected from Earth, including measurements made with the Bok Telescope at Steward Observatory in the U.S. state of Arizona.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

New Zealand needed to score first in the second half, and they didn't, losing the ball when in Bok territory and then giving away a soft penalty which Kolbe kicked.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Bok, a mystically inclined author as well as artist, combined hallucinatory forms with imaginative fidelity to the texts he illustrated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Through it all, the president, M. Elizabeth Magill, had kept the support of Scott L. Bok, the chairman of Penn’s board.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

Justice Bok sent me a copy of his controversial speech at Radcliffe.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

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