Lippe
Americannoun
noun
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a former state of NW Germany, now part of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
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a river in NW Germany, flowing west to the Rhine. Length: about 240 km (150 miles)
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Renaissance since 2024 has been led by the longtime executive Peter Brown and David Lippe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Thomas Lippe, a lawyer for the two nonprofit groups that brought the lawsuit against U.C.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
Thomas Lippe, attorney for the two nonprofit groups that brought the lawsuit against UC, could not be immediately reached for comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Boars are often considered environmentally destructive, but their rooting in the soil for food seems to create valuable niches for certain species, von der Lippe says—much as some human activity does.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 2, 2022
In 1758 he fought and won the battle of Crefeld, several marches beyond the Rhine, but so advanced a position he could not well maintain, and he fell back to the Lippe.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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