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Van Loon

American  
[van loon, lohn] / væn ˈlun, ˈloʊn /

noun

  1. Hendrik Willem 1882–1944, U.S. author, born in the Netherlands.


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"Inside the club there wasn't a unanimous opinion about him and I think Virgil felt that, that the opinions of the technical people were divided," Van Loon said.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025

Van Loon, who works with Ulteam, alluded to Godelieva’s case by describing her as “a mother who says her suffering is unbearable, in part because of the troubled relationship with her son.”

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 15, 2015

The site had 1,500 concurrent users at its peak on opening day, said Peter Van Loon, the exchange's chief operating officer.

From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2013

As Van Loon, Robert De Niro twinkles with menace but does not really have much to do, and he robs screen time from Ms. Cornish, who vanishes from the movie for unconscionably long stretches.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2011

It was some time later that she was curiously recalled to her, by Peter Van Loon suddenly exclaiming, "Hello, there's Armitage now, going off with the daffodil girl!"

From Hope Benham A Story for Girls by Nora Perry

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