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Merkel

British  
/ ˈmɜːkəl /

noun

  1. Angela. born 1954, German politician; chair of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000; chancellor of Germany from 2005 (the first woman to hold the office)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Angela Merkel, the German chancellor who oversaw its construction, rejected the criticism, arguing that Russian gas was cheap and helped fuel German growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Many of the Syrians in Germany came during the refugee crisis of 2015, when former Chancellor Angela Merkel made the decision not to close the borders to those fleeing the civil war.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

Merz, like his predecessors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, will be joined by business leaders including executives of auto giants Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes.

From Barron's Feb. 24, 2026

The team has already used this structural nanomedicine strategy to design SNA vaccines targeting melanoma, triple negative breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer and Merkel cell carcinoma.

From Science Daily Feb. 18, 2026

A year earlier, the chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, had announced that eight German nuclear power plants would close.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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