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Cullen

American  
[kuhl-uhn] / ˈkʌl ən /

noun

  1. Countee 1903–46, U.S. poet.


Cullen British  
/ ˈkʌlən /

noun

  1. William Douglas , Baron. born 1935, Scottish judge who conducted public inquiries into the Piper Alpha disaster (1990), the Dunblane school shootings (1996), and the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster (1999); led the tribunal which turned down the appeal (2002) of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi against his conviction for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing

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Her first major film role came in 1964, when she played divorcée Julie Cullen Richards in “One Potato, Two Potato.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart, Jeff Mangum and Robert Schneider were music fanatics and budding songwriters whose tastes ranged widely but overlapped in the realm of psychedelic rock and pop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Cullen said he and his partner, Alison Sudol, were massive fans of Locke, who was "an absolute joy to work with".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

From Lord Ruthven to Edward Cullen, vampires of print and film have long been ascribed Byronic glamour and charisma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Edward Cullen stood at the desk in front of me.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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