van
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He acquired Anthony van Dyck’s highly finished portrait of his mistress, Margaret Lemon, c.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Virgil van Dijk: Will be furious with how easily the Liverpool backline was cut open for Ndoye's opener and the ease with which Forest won their penalty.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
At four years old, Gracie Kinnear from Carmarthen was playing outside with friends during the school holidays when a van driver crashed into her, leaving her with life-threatening injuries.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
"Our results show that how soil is managed can significantly affect both soil life and soil quality," says co-study leader Marcel van der Heijden, UZH professor of agroecology.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
She had been too absorbed with watching Dr. van Heerden’s beard fluff out like Fat Cheeks’s mane or with the warthog trailing around after Baba Joseph.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Mountain Bear, also trained by O’Brien, finished second but after the race was vanned off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 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
In addition to the two horses that died at Del Mar on Sunday, there was a third horse that was pulled up and vanned off, Princess Dorian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2019
Smith, preparing to take his Kayak east, vanned Seabiscuit to Ridgewood, said his good-byes, and left him in Pollard’s care.
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
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
The short answer is that vanning has become an American craze.
From Time Magazine Archive
The paradoxical realities of vanning suggest another possibility.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the following information, as well as for much of that already given about vanning, we are indebted to Captain Reynolds, of Cook's Kitchen Mine.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
