Leyden
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John of. John of Leyden.
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a Dutch cheese similar to Edam, often flavored with caraway seeds, cumin, cinnamon, or cloves.
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Example Sentences
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Leyden said he is also seeing signs of a bifurcated economy, with well-off consumers still spending freely.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
The Italy-Albania deal has been endorsed by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyden, who called it “an example of out-of-the-box thinking, based on fair sharing of responsibilities with third countries.”
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2024
In Silicon Valley, Leyden said, it’s pretty much a requirement to fail with one company to get access to the capital and credentials needed to gain success with another.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024
In a news release, the FBI said Daniel Leyden, 55, of Chicago and Joseph Leyden, 56, of nearby La Grange, were arrested in Illinois on Tuesday.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2022
In the course of his travels on the continent of Europe he went to Leyden and there became acquainted with Mr. John Robinson, and the church under his pastoral charge, which he joined in 1617.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.
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