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a department of SE France, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. Capital: Toulon. Pop: 946 305 (2003 est). Area: 6023 sq km (2349 sq miles)
a river in SE France, flowing southeast and south to the Mediterranean near Nice. Length: about 130 km (80 miles)
First recorded in 2010–15
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Partners in the license include Equinor as operator with a 31% stake, Petoro with 30%, Harbour Energy with 24.5%, Inpex Idemitsu with 9.6%, and Var Energi with 4.9%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
More than 500 calls have been made to emergency services in the Var region over the past day, authorities said.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
While they've since divorced, in 2011 the two rosé lovers found common cause and bought the Domaine Miraval in France's Var region.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024
The Pyrenees Orientales, Bouches-du-Rhone, Var and Ain departments in the south and east of the country currently have yellow or orange drought alerts activated, just below the red crisis level, according to government website Propluvia.
From Reuters ● Mar. 6, 2023
Blinking in their glare, Var and Neena saw that fifty paces before them the way opened out into a great rounded room that was likewise ablaze with light.
From When the Mountain Shook by Abernathy, Robert
I would not be surprised at all if we saw another red card this time too, but I am slightly concerned where the refereeing will be at, and how VAR might impact us.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
I know how hard it is not to react in the heat of the battle but we cannot afford to do anything rash that might give the referee or VAR the chance to get involved.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Even if you have VAR, because you have to make a decision anyway when you look at the video.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The biggest gripe from VAR detractors is that forensic dissections of game footage take the action out of their high-speed context.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
When VAR was introduced to soccer nine years ago, its mission was clear: to alert the head referee to potential clear and obvious errors or serious missed incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
An example of this system is Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘Burgundy’ — known commonly as the fringe flower or the razzle-dazzle plant.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
While most of small Solomon’s seal is doing just fine in the wild, one of its varieties, Polygonatum biflorum var. melleum, is presumed extinct.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2020
A variegated example, the striped and stately Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus ‘Cosmopolitan’ boasts arching, cream-and-green foliage that reaches upward of 7 feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2018
They belong to Ae. tauschii ssp. tauschii var. meyeri.
From Nature ● Nov. 14, 2017
The specific name, tanacetifolia, meaning with tansy-like leaves, is more applicable to the var. tenuifolia, Thurber.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Its essential part is a coil of heavy wire that can take var ious shapes, including a cylinder, a doughnut or a flat disk.
From Time Magazine Archive
No one relishes the risks involved in the var ious options available to the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our setup was actually designed to act in time of general var like a chicken with its head cut off.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cuts include some $8.8 billion in education funds, $13.8 billion in var ious welfare programs, $7.7 billion in energy projects and $1.8 billion in transportation supports.
From Time Magazine Archive
Existing names of this kind, however, can easily be brought into line by adding a word such as Hybrids or Grex to the old, second part, cultivar-name, and omitting the "var." thus, Cattleya 'Fabia' var.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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