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von

[von, fawn, fuhn]

preposition

  1. from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility).

    Paul von Hindenburg.



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How the Dolphins can win: Get De’Von Archane the ball in space; he can do damage when he gets out on the edge.

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In a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week, Nawrocki said Poland, which has welcomed more than one million Ukrainian refugees since Russia's full-scale invasion of their country in February 2022, had done its part.

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European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said the incidents amounted to a "coherent and escalating campaign".

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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will raise allegations that Budapest sought to spy on the bloc's decision-making with Hungarian commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, who has been linked to the scandal, Brussels said Friday.

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Varhelyi, currently a member of von der Leyen's top executive team, has come under intense scrutiny since an international media investigation said Budapest tried to recruit informers within EU institutions when he was Hungary's ambassador to Brussels.

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