Duke.
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Duke
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When I was 1, my mother moved us to Île du Levant, an island off France’s southern coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Home captain Pieter-Steph du Toit thought he had scored but referee Andrew Brace spotted obstruction but Wales continued to give away scrum penalties.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
In the intimate Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Valentina Carrasco’s mesmerizing staging evoked the mythic roots beneath the community rituals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
As part of his Grand Tour achievements, he won two stages of the Giro d'Italia and five stages of the Vuelta, plus he won three editions of the Criterium du Dauphine.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Never have I taken a friend to the Gare du Nord in more melancholy circumstances,” Andries writes his father.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
The shallop that "flitteth silken-sail'd, skimming down to Camelot," is Fr. chaloupe, probably identical with Du. sloep, sloop.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Cf. also A.S. wæl; Du. wiel; Lancashire weele, an eddy, whirlpool.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
It is from obsolete Du. verloren hoop, where hoop, cognate with Eng. heap, is used for a band or company.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Norse, Dan. kviddre, Sw. quittra, Du. kwittern with Eng. twitter, and kj to tj in W. Norse.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
Eng. slipen, cognate with Old Du. slijpen, to polish, sharpen, and Ger. schleifen.
From The Romance of Names 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
“We basically have DU flowing in our veins,” Bazley said of himself and his family.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
They include health studies of soldiers hit by DU shrapnel, and biomonitoring – collecting samples of urine, feces, fingernail clippings and hair from exposed individuals.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2023
The despatcher then started to call "DU," but no answer.
From Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers by Hill, John A.
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