Harwell

British

/ ˈhɑːˌwɛl /

noun

a village in S England, in Oxfordshire: atomic research station (1947)

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If the vaccine is needed, it would be manufactured at Moderna's new plant at Harwell in Oxfordshire which currently produces Covid vaccines for the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Harwell said she secured her haul by arriving at 6:20 a.m.,

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Backed by hard-driving guitars, Harwell, with a slight sneer, sang an outsiders’ anthem to ignore ridicule and shoot for the moon.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

The music world sadly lost Gary Wright, Jimmy Buffett, and Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell this week.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2023

By 1949, he’d risen to the head of the theoretical physics division at Harwell, Britain’s main atomic research center.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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