van
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A van served ice creams and a pop-up-shop in an oversize metal crate was selling beers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Iraola paired 35-year-old captain Virgil van Dijk with Austrian teenager Ifeanyi Ndukwe in defence in the 3-2 friendly defeat by Monaco at Anfield at the weekend.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
And it would probably be a lot easier to deal with all of that if your band had achieved the kind of commercial success you deserved and weren’t still touring in an Econoline van.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
In two weeks time, when they begin their top-flight campaign at Newcastle, the question remains as to who will partner Virgil van Dijk at centre-back.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The van is hot in the back; too hot.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Mountain Bear, also trained by O’Brien, finished second but after the race was vanned off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
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
Spun Intended was pulled up in front of the grandstand by jockey Mike Smith and vanned off.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2023
Tyler’s Tribe was eased at the finish line and vanned off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
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
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 paradoxical realities of vanning suggest another possibility.
From Time Magazine Archive
The short answer is that vanning has become an American craze.
From Time Magazine Archive
The relation between the actual content in oxide of tin and the produce got by vanning has been tested on several occasions with results which show a fair degree of approximation.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
