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van

[van] / væn /
NOUN
small truck
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NOUN
vehicle
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And then that weighted blanket episode was just something I was talking about on stage one night, and then Tom and I were laughing about it on the van ride back to the hotel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

In 2004, a Dutch scholar named Anthony van Raan published an article in Scientometrics, a journal devoted to the science of quantifying the impact of science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"There is momentum for climate litigation in the courts," Dennis van Berkel of the Climate Litigation Network, which supports legal action against states and corporations, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Most recently, there is Jan Paul van Hecke.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Hannah gestures with the package to the back of the van, offering the guys some Twizzlers.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The horse shipped Tuesday from Los Angeles to Newark and then vanned down to Pimlico arriving about midnight, accompanied by Bob Baffert’s top assistant Jimmy Barnes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

Midnight Empress was pulled up by jockey Javier Castellano in the ninth race on May 28 and vanned off by equine ambulance, according to the New York Gaming Commission.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

Jockey Jesus Castanon pulled her up passing the 3/16th pole and she was vanned off, Equibase race chart notes stated.

From Washington Times ● May 28, 2023

Spun Intended was pulled up in front of the grandstand by jockey Mike Smith and vanned off.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2023

Trouble dogged him from the moment he was vanned into Santa Anita.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The proposal would also help pay for the cost of vanning horses and relocation expenses for horsemen, including grooms and trainers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

The paradoxical realities of vanning suggest another possibility.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, vanning enthusiasts include a good many old coots as well as young marrieds, loners and lovers as well as adolescents.

From Time Magazine Archive

News of ever fresh extravagances circulates in 25 or so magazines devoted to vanning.

From Time Magazine Archive

The weighed portion of the ore is placed on the vanning shovel.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer




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