Chiba
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Late last week, "unprecedented" rainfall battered Japan's Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, leaving 10 people dead and stranding thousands at Narita Airport.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The torrential downpours late Thursday triggered landslide warnings and power outages, with forecasters issuing the highest-level heavy rain warning for the Chiba region for the first time.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
With the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2022, he threw a perfect game with 19 strikeouts, then followed it up with eight more perfect frames in his next game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The majority of the monologue in Tarantino’s film is adapted from the opening of the 1976 Japanese martial arts film “The Bodyguard,” with action star Sonny Chiba.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
This marked-up manuscript was then given to Laloo Chiba, who spent the next night transferring my writing to his own almost microscopic shorthand, reducing ten pages of foolscap to a single small piece of paper.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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