Vries
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Akzo Nobel in December said its finance chief Maarten de Vries would stay on, delaying his planned retirement in order to oversee the tie-up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Earlier this month, the EMEA's director general Sigrid De Vries told the BBC that "supply shortages were imminent".
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
"This is a cross-industry issue affecting a large number of suppliers and virtually all of our members," said de Vries.
From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025
“Specifically for precipitation, the effect of natural variability in the system is larger than the effect of climate change,” Iris de Vries, a researcher at MIT studying climate extremes, told me.
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025
Mrs. de Vries calls, picking up a crumb-filled plate and holding it aloft until I walk over and get it.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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