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Harwell

British  
/ ˈhɑːˌwɛl /

noun

  1. a village in S England, in Oxfordshire: atomic research station (1947)

"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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Together, they relive the fateful weeks that Jean spent studying the Romanesque churches of medieval France and charming David Harwell, the Rutgers University medieval art professor co-leading the summer program.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

If the vaccine is needed, it would be manufactured at Moderna's new plant at Harwell in Oxfordshire which currently produces Covid vaccines for the UK.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

Harwell said she secured her haul by arriving at 6:20 a.m.,

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 11, 2026

Smash Mouth was founded in 1994 in San Jose, Calif., and was made up of Harwell, guitarist Greg Camp, drummer Kevin Coleman and bassist Paul De Lisle.

From Seattle Times Sep. 8, 2023

By 1949, he’d risen to the head of the theoretical physics division at Harwell, Britain’s main atomic research center.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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