Balikpapan
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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With limited garbage service, her husband has to drive rotten fruit to Balikpapan for disposal.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024
The stop-off in Samarinda was also odd - usually de Guzman would fly straight from Balikpapan to Busang.
From BBC • May 18, 2024
First proposed in 2019, Widodo’s plan to move the capital would involve constructing government buildings and housing from scratch around the seaport of Balikpapan, about 2,000 kilometers northeast of Jakarta.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
Why is there a battle at some place called Balikpapan?
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2020
Last week the 7th beat down bitter resistance to take another first-rate military prize: the Sambodja oil field, 28 miles northeast of Balikpapan and one of the three major producing areas of eastern Borneo.
From Time Magazine Archive
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