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At next month’s Tour of Flanders, thousands of fans who have paid at least €425 ($490; £367) each will be packed into VIP tents alongside three of the famed cobbled bergs, watching the men and women’s races come past them multiple times. Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026 And cars were encased in walls of nearly unmovable bergs. Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2026 The resulting smaller bergs will then melt into the ocean. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025 Great bergs of ice break away intact, roll forth, settle down, and turn into ponds. John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for berg

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First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of berg was in 1818

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“Berg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/berg. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.

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berg

noun

Biographical Definition

Berg

biographical name

Alban 1885–1935 Austrian composer

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