marri
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of marri
C19: from a native Australian language
Example Sentences
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“If we fail to grow wheat … next year we might not have even wheat to eat,” Marri said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022
After a yearslong court fight over whether Mr. Marri could be held as an enemy combatant, he pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2015
President George W. Bush then declared Marri an "enemy combatant" and he was held in a Navy brig at Charleston, South Carolina, for five-and-a-half years.
From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2015
The nephew thanked Qatari officials for their help in getting Marri back home, saying they made “tremendous efforts” to do so.
From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2015
The mass of twisted flexures, the curved wrinkles that end the Suliman system, is occupied by true Baluchis, the Marri and Bugti sections of the great Rind confederation of tribes owning an Arabic origin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
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