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Cleves

American  
[kleevz] / klivz /

noun

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


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Monica Missio, the mother of victim Nicholas Cleves, told the courtroom: "It disgusts me that he gets to wake up every day while my son does not."

From BBC • May 18, 2023

Henry sent him to paint Anne of Cleves, to help the monarch decide whether to make her his fourth wife.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2020

“It’s a giant project. It’s just so complicated,” said Mayor Charlie Cleves.

From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 2019

In the early 19th century, Capt. John Cleves Symmes Jr. thought the Earth had two holes located at the North and South poles that led to inner worlds.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2018

Opposite the pope, on the left of the choir, is the fine tomb of a Duke of Cleves, who died 1575, by Egidius of Riviere and Nicolaus of Arras.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

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