Cullen

American

[kuhl-uhn] / ˈkʌl ən /

noun

Countee 1903–46, U.S. poet.

Cullen British

/ ˈkʌlən /

noun

William Douglas , Baron. born 1935, Scottish judge who conducted public inquiries into the Piper Alpha disaster (1990), the Dunblane school shootings (1996), and the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster (1999); led the tribunal which turned down the appeal (2002) of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi against his conviction for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing

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But it isn’t an especially useful buffer for your nest egg either, notes Cullen Roche, founder of Discipline Funds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Caoimhin Porter-McLoone and Daniel Cullen, both 18, were passengers in a car which was in collision with a lorry in the village of St Johnston, eight miles from Derry on Tuesday night.

From BBC

Fortunately for him, he got to sample the soaring high of an injury-time equaliser as well, as substitute Liam Cullen headed the Swans level in the 95th minute.

From BBC

The story of his life - which has therefore spanned the entire existence of his country's national team - will be shown in The Charlie O'Leary Story - From Johnny Cullen's Hill to the Olympic Stadium Rome.

From BBC

Leah Cullen was diagnosed with tailbone cancer when she was 13, but after surgery and radiotherapy doctors said she would be unable to carry a child.

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