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Meer

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[meer, meyr] / mɪər, meɪr /

noun

  1. Jan van der Vermeer, Jan.


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According to the affidavit, she penned two handwritten notes expressing sadness in her marriage, and co-workers said she could not even purchase new work clothes because she gave all her money to Vander Meer.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

They didn’t get any off Blanco until the single by García that ended a long-shot bid to join Johnny Vander Meer for the Cincinnati Reds in 1938 with no-hitters in consecutive starts.

From Seattle Times Apr. 7, 2024

Smith came across a Dutch researcher named Jentsje van der Meer who had developed a way of doing just this.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2023

In one famous incident two decades ago, city officials spent days tracking the movements of what was believed to be an alligator spotted in Central Park’s Harlem Meer, in the northeast corner of the park.

From New York Times Feb. 24, 2023

I had planned a series of secret meetings in Durban, the first of which was with Monty Naicker and Ismail Meer to brief them about my trip and to discuss the new proposal.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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