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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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From medieval diminutives of the given names Cole and Coll.

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Examples

  • "I think that would push my friends away," said Colling, who learned recently that her latest cycle of IVF treatment had not resulted in pregnancy.

    Infertile couples cope with prolific Facebook friends Ian Shapira Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

  • "I think that would push my friends away," said Colling, who learned recently that her latest cycle of IVF treatment had not resulted in pregnancy.

    Infertile couples cope with prolific Facebook friends Ian Shapira Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

  • "I know it's not meant to hurt, but you feel like you're getting kicked every time you see these," said Colling, 28, who lives in Baltimore County and has been trying to get pregnant since 2006.

    Infertile couples cope with prolific Facebook friends Ian Shapira Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

  • "I know it's not meant to hurt, but you feel like you're getting kicked every time you see these," said Colling, 28, who lives in Baltimore County and has been trying to get pregnant since 2006.

    Infertile couples cope with prolific Facebook friends Ian Shapira Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

  • Diane Colling, an occupational therapist and fertility patient, was scrolling through her Facebook page last week when, once again, she was bombarded by a friend's exuberant broadcast about her pregnancy.

    Infertile couples cope with prolific Facebook friends Ian Shapira Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

  • At home, lounging in the kitchen with her husband, Eric, and their dogs, Colling came across another posting by her brother's girlfriend about her pregnancy.

    Infertile couples cope with prolific Facebook friends Ian Shapira Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

  • Diane Colling, an occupational therapist and fertility patient, was scrolling through her Facebook page last week when, once again, she was bombarded by a friend's exuberant broadcast about her pregnancy.

    Infertile couples cope with prolific Facebook friends Ian Shapira Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

  • At home, lounging in the kitchen with her husband, Eric, and their dogs, Colling came across another posting by her brother's girlfriend about her pregnancy.

    Infertile couples cope with prolific Facebook friends Ian Shapira Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

  • When Colling, a popular professor, published a book that posed the hypothesis that one can believe in God and evolution, the Christian university prohibited him from teaching classes that used his book.

    University Of Illinois Lecturer FIRED For Saying Homosexual Acts Are 'Morally Wrong' 2010

  • Professor Colling is another of those rare men of honor and integrity who might just bring someone like me back to the fold.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Christopher O'Brien 2007

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