Bok

American

[bok] / bɒk /

noun

Edward William, 1863–1930, U.S. editor and writer, born in the Netherlands.

Bok British

/ bɒk /

noun

short for Springbok

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Bok, a mystically inclined author as well as artist, combined hallucinatory forms with imaginative fidelity to the texts he illustrated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Scotland looked to have broken through when Sione Tuipulotu and Jordan put Ben White through the Bok defence and all the way to the posts, but it was brought back for a knock-on earlier on.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

Some regions of the nebula, known as Bok globules, can withstand the fierce bombardment from the ultraviolet radiation pervading this region.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Through it all, the president, M. Elizabeth Magill, had kept the support of Scott L. Bok, the chairman of Penn’s board.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Justice Bok sent me a copy of his controversial speech at Radcliffe.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

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