Duke.
Dutch.
Duke
Dutch
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Thomas du Toit had already steamrollered over for one try by then.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The research was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Fonds de recherche du Québec -- Nature et technologie.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
It’s like Cirque du Soleil performed by unrehearsed 19-year-olds with skull tattoos, or some mad operation dreamed up by Col.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
“You know it isn’t real, you know that ‘La Caverne du Pont-Neuf’ is not made of rock, that this is printed canvas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
He organizes an exhibition of painters he loves at the Grand Bouillon-Restaurant du Chalet.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
Other explanations are flayed, from Du. villen, to flay; or filed, ranged in rows upon a stick, where stick is represented by stac.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Schurke, Du. schurk, rascal, all rendered "shark" in early dictionaries, but the relationship of these words is not clear.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Decoy, earlier also coy, is Du. kooi, cage.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Du. prangen, to pinch; Dan. prange Seil, to crowd sail.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
To cashier, i.e., break, a soldier, is from Du. casseeren, which is borrowed from Fr. casser, to break, Lat. quassare, frequentative of quatere, to shatter.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
A native Angeleno with a background in feature and documentary filmmaking, Brown conceived of the concept after a chat with architect Robert Thibodeau, co-founder of Venice-based DU Architects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
Porter was at the time a student and basketball player at DU; he left the school in early 2023.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
His sister is a DU alum along with a number of extended family members.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Because DU is a byproduct of the nuclear fuel cycle, plenty of it is readily available.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2023
The higher is BEC DU NEZ, the most northerly point of SARK.
From Carette of Sark by Oxenham, John
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