Cullen

[kuhl-uhn]

noun

1. Countee 1903–46, U.S. poet.

Cullen

/ 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

Example Sentences

"Christian Cullen," Halse said, referencing the quicksilver All Black full-back who scored 46 tries in 58 Tests for New Zealand.

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Now the England coach, one of Mitchell's first acts during his early-2000s stint in charge of the All Blacks was to drop a 25-year-old Cullen.

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Cullen and Mitchell's relationship never recovered and Cullen played only a handful more Tests before a move to Munster and injury took him out of international reckoning.

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The official inquiry, chaired by the Scottish judge Lord William Cullen, opened in November 1988 in Aberdeen.

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Lord Cullen's final report, published in November 1990, was scathing about Occidental's management of the platform, its communication systems, attitude towards the safety of workers, and the overall industry and government oversight of conditions in the North Sea.

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