Kolff

American  

[kohlf, kolf] / koʊlf, kɒlf /

noun

1. Willem J(ohan) 1911–2010, U.S. physician and inventor, born in the Netherlands: developed the artificial kidney machine.

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Example Sentences

“We had opportunities all over the place,” said Laker coach Bill van Breda Kolff, “but we just couldn’t do it. I really thought we had a chance to win it in the beginning of the third period because we were getting good shots, but the game just turned around instead. The ball just appeared to bounce their way.”

From Seattle Times

In taking over a program still reeling from the effects of a recruiting scandal under former coach Jan van Breda Kolff in 2003, and the 24 combined wins over four seasons under Anthony Solomon that followed, Schmidt vowed better days were on the horizon.

From Seattle Times

"In March the whole world stopped, so in a matter of two to three weeks we lost 70% of our turnover. We had to fire 60% of our staff, and we were still bleeding money," says MatcHR co-founder Adriaan Kolff.

From BBC

Mr Kolff say this has helped MatcHR return to making 90% of its pre-pandemic earnings and it has hired back some of the staff it had made redundant.

From BBC

We got production help from Kelly Kolff and Aleisha Force.

From Los Angeles Times