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van

[van] / væn /
NOUN
small truck
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NOUN
vehicle
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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk scores a 100th-minute winner to secure an important victory against Everton in the first Merseyside Derby at The Hill Dickinson Stadium.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Some still have large piles of cocoa to work through before returning to the market, van Dort said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Some reformulations have received significant attention in media and online, Rabobank cocoa analyst Oran van Dort said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

City cut off passing lanes to Virgil van Dijk, forcing the ball to Ibrahima Konate, the weaker of Liverpool's two ball-playing centre-backs.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Dr. van Veen, for whom the apprentice had gone running, could do no more than we.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom