Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine

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in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is

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with George. Notable people named Jürgen include:

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Jürgen Ahrend Jürgen Ahrend (born 28 April 1930) is a German organ builder famous for restoring instruments such as the Rysum organ and the Arp Schnitger organ in St. Jacobi, Hamburg (St James's Church) as well as building original instruments. He is intervi ...

(born 1930), German organ builder * Jürgen Alzen (born 1962), German race car driver * Jürgen Arndt, East German rower * Jürgen Aschoff (1913–1998), German physician and biologist

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Jürgen Barth Jürgen Barth (born 10 December 1947 in Thum, Saxony) is a German former racecar driver. He is the son of Formula One driver and sports car racer Edgar Barth. Barth started out as an engineer but became one of the most successful drivers in ...

(born 1947), German engineer and racecar driver *

Jürgen Bartsch Jürgen Bartsch (born Karl-Heinz Sadrozinski; November 6, 1946 – April 28, 1976) was a West German serial killer who murdered four boys aged between 8 and 13 and attempted to kill a fifteen year old boy. The case of this sexual offender was the ...

(1946–1976), German serial killer *

Jürgen von Beckerath Jürgen von Beckerath (19 February 1920, Hanover – 26 June 2016, Schlehdorf) was a German Egyptologist. He was a prolific writer who published countless articles in journals such as '' Orientalia'', ''Göttinger Miszellen'' (GM), ''Journal of t ...

(1920–2016), German Egyptologist *

Jürgen Berghahn Jürgen Berghahn (born 5 July 1960 in Blomberg) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag for Lippe I since the 2021 German federal election. Previously, he was a member ...

(born 1960), German politician * Jürgen Bertow (born 1950), East German rower *

Jürgen Blin Jürgen Blin (24 April 1943 – 7 May 2022) was a mid-20th century German boxer, who was the Heavyweight Champion of Germany, and European Heavyweight Champion in 1972, and internationally represented the state of West Germany. Early life Bli ...

(born 1943), West German boxer * Jürgen Bogs (born 1947), German football manager *

Jürgen Brähmer Jürgen Brähmer (born 5 October 1978) is a German professional boxer. He is a two-time former light-heavyweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 2009 to 2011, and the WBA (Regular) title from 2013 to 2016. Additionally, he has he ...

(born 1978), German boxer * Jürgen Bräuninger, South African composer and professor * Jürgen Budday (born 1948), German conductor

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* Jürgen Cain Külbel (born 1956), German journalist and investigator * Jürgen Chrobog (born 1940), German diplomat * Jürgen Colin (botn 1981), Dutch footballer * Jürgen Colombo (born 1949), West German cyclist * Jürgen Croy (born 1946), East German footballer

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* Jürgen Dehmel (born 1958), German bass guitarist and songwriter * Jürgen Drews (born 1945), German singer * Jürgen Damm, Mexican Footballer of German descent * Jürgen Dirkx, Retired Football Player

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* Jürgen Ehlers (1929–2008), German physicist * Jürgen Eschert (born 1941), West German canoeist * Jürgen Evers (born 1964), West German sprinter

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* Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1951), East German boxer *

Jürgen von Farensbach Jürgen von Farensbach (1551–1602) (russian: Юрий Францбек, da, Georg Farensbach, pl, Jerzy Farensbach) was a Baltic German nobleman and Livonian general. Sent as the Ambassador of Livonian Confederation to Czar Ivan IV of Russi ...

(1551–1602), Baltic German nobleman and Livonian general *

Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender (german: Faßbender, born 28 May 1948) is a retired German tennis player. On the ATP Tour, Fassbender won three singles and 15 doubles titles. His best Grand Slam singles result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimb ...

(born 1948), West German tennis player *

Jürgen Flimm Jürgen Flimm (born 17 July 1941, in Gießen) is a German theater and opera director, and theater manager. After establishing himself as one of the exponents of Regietheater, Flimm was called to manage renowned theaters and festivals. His operatic ...

(born 1941), German theater and opera director

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* Jürgen Gauß (born 1960), German chemist * Jürgen Gauß (officer) (1918–1996), German military commander *

Jürgen Geschke Hans-Jürgen Geschke (also known as Tutti, born 7 July 1943) is a German former track cyclist who competed for East Germany in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics. After having won the silver medal in the 2000 m tandem, alongside Werner Otto, he ...

(born 1943), East German cyclist *

Jürgen Gjasula Jürgen Fatmir Gjasula (born 5 December 1985) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Berliner AK 07. He also holds German citizenship. Club career SC Freiburg Born in Tirana, Albania, Gjasula started hi ...

(born 1985), Albanian footballer *

Jürgen Gmehling Jürgen Gmehling (born January 13, 1946 in Duisburg) is a retired German professor of technical and industrial chemistry at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. Biography His career started with an apprenticeship as a laboratory assi ...

(born 1946), German chemist * Jürgen Goslar (born 1927), German actor and director *

Jürgen Grabowski Jürgen Grabowski (7 July 1944 – 10 March 2022) was a German footballer. He played for Eintracht Frankfurt. He became European champion in 1972 and world champion in 1974. Grabowski is considered the greatest Eintracht Frankfurt player ever. ...

(1944–2022), West German footballer * Jürgen Graf (born 1951), Swiss author and pseudohistorian *

Jürgen-Peter Graf Dr. Jürgen-Peter Graf (born 22 December 1952 in Oberkirch (Baden)) is a German lawyer. He became judge of the German Federal Court of Justice (''Bundesgerichtshof'') on 5 February 2003. Graf studied law in Freiburg/Breisgau and passed his fir ...

(born 1952), German lawyer * Jürgen Gröbler (born 1946), German rowing coach *

Jürgen Groh Jürgen Groh (born 17 July 1956) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent 12 seasons in the Bundesliga with Hamburger SV and 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He represented Germany in two friendlies. Honours Hamburger ...

(born 1956), West German footballer

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Jürgen Haase Jürgen Haase (born 19 January 1945) is a former track and field athlete and Olympian, who, competing for East Germany, was among the world's best long distance track runners in the 1960s and 1970s. Twice during this period, in 1966 and 1969, ...

(born 1945), East German runner *

Jürgen Habermas Jürgen Habermas (, ; ; born 18 June 1929) is a German social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. His work addresses communicative rationality and the public sphere. Associated with the Frankfurt School, Habermas's wor ...

(born 1929), German sociologist and philosopher *

Jürgen Hartmann Jürgen Hartmann (born 27 October 1962) is a German football coach and retired midfielder who played during the 1980s and 1990s. Career Hartmann was born in Lahr. He began his professional career at VfB Stuttgart in 1985 and went on to play ...

(born 1962), German footballer and coach * Jürgen Henkys (1929–2015), German theologian *

Jürgen Henn Jürgen Henn (born 2 June 1987) is an Estonian football manager who is the current head coach of Meistriliiga club Flora. Managerial career On 5 January 2018, Henn was appointed as the manager of Flora, having previously coached the club's res ...

(born 1987), Estonian football manager and coach *

Jürgen Heuser Jürgen Heuser (born 13 March 1953 in Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German weightlifter. In 1978, participating for the German Democratic Republic, he won the World Championship in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. At the 1980 Summer Olym ...

(born 1953), East German weightlifter *

Jürgen Hildebrand Jürgen Hildebrand (born 24 July 1948) is an East German former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Halle an der Saale. In 1972 he was part of the East German team which finished fourth in the Olympic ...

(born 1948), East German handball player *

Jürgen Hingsen Jürgen Hingsen (; born 25 January 1958) is a former West German decathlete who won several medals at international championships and Olympic Games in the 1980s, and held the decathlon world record in 1982 and again from 1983 to 1984. His rivalry ...

(born 1958), West German decathlete

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* Jürgen Klinsmann (born 1964), German footballer, manager and pundit * Jürgen Klopp (born 1967), German footballer and manager *

Jürgen Koch Jürgen Koch (born 8 January 1973) is an Austrian badminton player from Askö Traun badminton club. Career Koch competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the second round to Wong Wai Lap, of Hong Kong, 17-18 ...

* Jürgen Kocka * Jürgen Kohler *

Jürgen Kurbjuhn Jürgen Kurbjuhn (26 July 1940 – 15 March 2014) was a German football player. Kurbjuhn had excelled as a youth-international for West Germany during his time with amateur club '' Buxtehuder SV'' and joined Hamburg's biggest, Hamburger SV, in 1 ...

Jürgen Kuresoo Jürgen Kuresoo (born 11 February 1987, in Elva) is an Estonian professional footballer, playing for FC Elva in Estonian Esiliiga. He plays the position of midfielder and is 1.76 m tall. International career On 15 November 2005, Kuresoo made ...

Jürgen Koegelenberg Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder * Jürgen Alzen (born 19 ...

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Jürgen Ligi Jürgen Ligi (born 16 July 1959) is an Estonian politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a member and the Vice-Chairman of the liberal Reform Party. He was Minister of Education and Research in Taavi Rõivas' cabinet from 9 April 2015 ...

* Jürgen von der Lippe, stage name of German television presenter, entertainer, actor and comedian Hans-Jürgen Dohrenkamp (born 1948) *

Jürgen Loacker Jürgen Loacker (born 14 December 1974) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from 1999 to 2013. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 13th in the four-man event at Turin in 2006. At the FIBT World Championships, Loacke ...

* Jürgen Locadia

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Jürgen Macho Jürgen Macho (born 24 August 1977) is an Austrian retired football goalkeeper. He is the goalkeeper coach of Rapid Wien. Club career Macho started his first-team career with Wiener Sport-Club in 1996, and moved after one season to First Vienna ...

Jürgen Mandl Jürgen Mandl (born August 19, 1965 in Graz) is an Austrian footballer (soccer player), decathlete, and bobsledder who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s. Mandl started out competing for the Sturm Graz club for six years before s ...

* Jürgen Marcus *

Jürgen May Jürgen May (born 18 June 1942 in Nordhausen, Thuringia) is a former middle-distance runner, who was a successful athlete and Olympic Games competitor, who escaped from the GDR to continue his career in the FRG. Successes in the GDR *1964: Qual ...

* Jürgen Melzer *

Jürgen Milewski Jürgen Milewski (born 19 October 1957) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career He spent nine seasons in the Bundesliga with Hannover 96, Hertha BSC and Hamburger SV. He played the 1985–86 season wi ...

* Jürgen Mittelstraß *

Jürgen Möllemann Jürgen Wilhelm Möllemann (15 July 1945 – 5 June 2003) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as Minister of State at the Foreign Office (1982–1987), as Minister of Education and Research (1987–1991), ...

(1945–2003), German politician * Jürgen Moltmann *

Jürgen Mossack Jürgen Rolf Dieter Mossack (born 20 March 1948) is a German-born Panamanian lawyer and the co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, a former law firm headquartered in Panama City which had more than 40 offices worldwide. The firm gained global notoriety ...

* Jürgen Moser *

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Jürgen Neukirch Jürgen Neukirch (24 July 1937 – 5 February 1997) was a German mathematician known for his work on algebraic number theory. Education and career Neukirch received his diploma in mathematics in 1964 from the University of Bonn. For his Ph.D. t ...

Jürgen Nöldner Jürgen Nöldner (22 February 1941 – 21 November 2022) was a German footballer who was active in East Germany. He was the son of Erwin Nöldner, a resistance fighter killed by the Nazis in 1944. Career A midfielder, Nöldner began his senior ...

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* Jürgen Oesten * Jürgen Ovens *

Jürgen Offt Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder *Jürgen Alzen (born 196 ...

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Jürgen Paeke Jürgen Paeke (born 13 September 1948, in Biesenthal) is a German gymnast who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the sport association of the sec ...

Jürgen Pahl Jürgen Pahl (born 17 March 1956 in Teuchern, East Germany) is a German former football goalkeeper. He fled together with Norbert Nachtweih from a match of the East Germany under-21 team to West Germany and was subsequently banned for a year. ...

Jürgen Panis Jürgen Panis (born 21 April 1975, in Wiener Neustadt) is an Austrian retired footballer. He won his first silverware with FC Tirol Innsbruck, then with Vienna giants Austria Wien where he was brought in a package deal with Radoslaw Gilewicz C ...

* Jürgen Partenheimer * Jürgen Patocka * Jürgen Pezzi *

Jürgen Pommerenke Jürgen Pommerenke (born 22 January 1953 in Wegeleben) is a former German football midfielder and manager. Pommerenke played his entire professional career for 1. FC Magdeburg, though he began his career as an youngster with BSG Traktor Wege ...

* Jürgen Ponto * Jürgen Prochnow

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Jürgen Raab Jürgen Raab (born 20 December 1958 in Zeulenroda, Bezirk Gera) is a former East German football player. Career In the DDR-Oberliga Jürgen Raab played for FC Carl Zeiss Jena 376 games and scored 120 goals. International career He played 20 ti ...

Jürgen Reil Jürgen "Ventor" Reil (born 26 June 1966) is a German musician, best known as the drummer for German thrash metal band Kreator. He is one of the only two original members left in the band, although he has left "at least twice" due to personal ...

Jürgen Rieger Jürgen Hans Paul Rieger (11 May 1946, Blexen, Lower Saxony – 29 October 2009) was a Hamburg lawyer, avowed anti-semite, and deputy chairman of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) (as of October 2009), known for his Holocaust de ...

*Jürgen Rijkers (born 1967), Dutch DJ, remixer, producer and artist

DJ Jurgen Jürgen Rijkers (born 13 February 1967), better known by his stage name DJ Jurgen, is a Dutch DJ, remixer and producer. He was the co-creator of Alice Deejay, and their biggest hit, " Better Off Alone", was credited to "DJ Jurgen presents Alice D ...

Jürgen Röber Jürgen Röber (born 25 December 1953) is a German football manager and former player. Playing career Röber's Bundesliga career lasted 12 years with a one year interruption, when he played in Canada and England. His greatest success as a playe ...

Jürgen Rohwer Jürgen Rohwer (24 May 192424 July 2015) was a German military historian and professor of history at the University of Stuttgart. Rohwer wrote over 400 books and essays on World War II naval history and military intelligence, which gained him wo ...

* Jürgen Roland *

Jürgen Rooste Jürgen Rooste (born in 1979 in Tallinn) is an Estonian poet. He has been graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University in Estonian language speciality. Awards: * 1999: Betti Alver Elisabet "Betti" Alver ( in Jõgeva – 19 June 1989 in Tar ...

(born 1979), Estonian poet *

Jürgen Rosenthal Jürgen Rosenthal is a German rock drummer. Biography Rosenthal was a member of Uli Jon Roth's band Dawn Road and became a member of the Scorpions along with Roth and Francis Buchholz. He appeared on the album ''Fly to the Rainbow'' before ...

* Jürgen Rüttgers

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Jürgen Säumel Jürgen Säumel (born 8 September 1984) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breakin ...

Jürgen Schadeberg Jürgen Schadeberg (18 March 1931Jürgen Schadeberg
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* Jürgen Schmidhuber * Jürgen Schmude *

Jürgen Schreiber (journalist) Jürgen Schreiber (30 January 1947 – 21 February 2022) was a German investigative journalist and author based in Berlin. He was a regular contributor to Berlin's daily newspaper ''Der Tagesspiegel'' on matters concerning Germany's past in World W ...

(born 1947), German investigative journalist *

Jürgen Schreiber (businessman) Jürgen Schreiber (born 1962) is a German-born businessman. He was the CEO of Rexall Health Prior to joining Katz Group, Schreiber served for four years as president and CEO of Edcon Group, the largest non-food retailer in South Africa, with 1,40 ...

(born 1962), German business executive *

Jürgen E. Schrempp Jürgen Erich Schrempp (born September 15, 1944, in Freiburg) was the CEO of Daimler-Benz from May 1995 to December 31, 2005, which became DaimlerChrysler, a German-American car and truck manufacturer. Following a decision of the board taken on J ...

* Jürgen Schröder (disambiguation) *

Jürgen Schult Jürgen Schult (, ; born 11 May 1960) is a German former track and field athlete and, as of September 2021, the world record holder in the discus. Dating from 1986, this is the longest-standing record in men's track and field. Schult represent ...

Jürgen Schütze Jürgen Schütze (3 March 1951 – 6 September 2000) was an East German racing cyclist, who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly kn ...

* Jürgen Seeberger *

Jürgen Seyfarth Jürgen Seyfarth is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the sport association of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, ...

* Jürgen Sparwasser *

Jürgen Stark Jürgen Stark (born 31 May 1948 in Gau-Odernheim, Germany) is a German economist who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2006 to 2011 and concurrently as ECB chief economist. Within the Executive Board, he w ...

* Jürgen Steinmetz (born 1957), Publisher eTurboNews, president International Coalition of Tourism Partners * Jürgen Stock * Jürgen Straub *

Jürgen Stroop Jürgen Stroop (born Josef Stroop, 26 September 1895 – 6 March 1952) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era, who served as SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland and Greece. He led the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 194 ...

(1895–1952), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes * Jürgen F. Strube *

Jürgen Sundermann Hans-Jürgen Sundermann (25 January 1940 – 4 October 2022) was a German football manager and player who played as a midfielder. Playing career Sundermann played his youth football with local club 1. FC Mülheim. In 1958 he signed for Rot-We ...

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* Jürgen Thorwald *

Jürgen Todenhöfer Jürgen Todenhöfer (born 12 November 1940) is a German author, journalist, politician, and executive. Early life and education Todenhöfer was born in Offenburg in what is now the current German state of Baden-Württemberg, and studied law at ...

Jürgen Tonkel Jürgen Tonkel (born 23 August 1962) is a German actor. Filmography * 1985: ''Blam!'' - Bruno * 1988: ''Büro, Büro'' * 1990: ''Das einfache Glück'' - Frank * 1990: ''Sekt oder Selters'' * 1990: ''Werner – Beinhart!'' - Landadeliger * 1991 ...

(born 1962), German actor known for portraying Erich Kempka in the film '' Der Untergang'' * Jürgen Trittin *

Jürgen Trumpf Jürgen Trumpf (born 8 July 1931, Düsseldorf) was appointed Secretary-General for the Council of the European Union and held the office from 1 September 1994 to 17 October 1999. When the Amsterdam Treaty came into force, he briefly became the f ...

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Jürgen Untermann Jürgen Untermann (24 October 1928, in Rheinfelden – 7 February 2013, in Brauweiler) was a German linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist. A disciple of Hans Krahe and of Ulrich Schmoll, he studied at the University of Frankfurt and the Un ...

(1928–2013), German linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist

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Jurgen Verstrepen Jurgen Pierre Katharina Verstrepen (born 12 June 1966) is a former radio and television presenter, a member of the municipal council of Antwerp and a member of the Flemish Parliament. He lives in Wilrijk. Elected for Vlaams Belang, Verstrepen ...

(born 1966), Belgian politician and former radio and television presenter *

Jürgen Vollmer Jürgen Vollmer (born 11 July 1939) is a German photographer known for his association with the Beatles during the band's time in Hamburg in the early 1960s. Vollmer, along with Astrid Kirchherr and Klaus Voormann (the " Exis"), befriended th ...

(born 1939), German photographer *

Jürgen Vsych Jürgen Vsych () is an American filmmaker and author, known as the writer-director of the films ''Pay Your Rent, Beethoven'', which won the Prince's Trust Award, ''Son for Sail,'' ''Ophelia Learns to Swim,'' and ''Tyrannosaurus Tex.'' Her films h ...

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* Jurgen Van de Walle (born 1977), Belgian bicycle road racer * Jürgen Warnatz *

Jürgen Warnke Jürgen Warnke (20 March 1932 – 27 April 2013) was a German lawyer and politician who served in various capacities at the Bundestag and German cabinets. Early life and education Warnke was born in Berlin on 20 March 1932. His family were from ...

Jürgen Werner (disambiguation) Jürgen Werner may refer to: * Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2002), German football player * Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1961), Austrian football player * Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1967), Austrian football player * J� ...

* Jürgen Wullenwever

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* Jürgen Zimmerling *

Jürgen Zopp Jürgen Zopp (born 29 March 1988) is a retired professional Estonian tennis player. He is Estonia's all-time highest ranked male tennis player with a career-high singles ranking of World No. 71 in 2012. Career Zopp started playing tennis at t ...

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