Adamov

British  

/ adamɔf /

noun

1. Arthur. 1908–70, French dramatist, born in Russia: one of the foremost exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd. His plays include Le Professeur Taranne (1953), Le Ping-Pong (1955), and Le Printemps '71 (1960)

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Example Sentences

In 2005 and at the request of the United States, Switzerland arrested Yevgeny Adamov, the former head of the Russian atomic energy ministry.

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But after a long tussle between Washington and Moscow, which then also sought his extradition on embezzlement charges, Switzerland ended up sending Mr. Adamov back to Russia to stand trial rather than to the United States.

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That would be David Adamov, a soldier in the Nahal Brigade of the Israeli Army, who was videotaped having an aggressive confrontation with Palestinian teenagers in the always tense West Bank city of Hebron.

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It turned out that Mr. Adamov, whose age and rank the I.D.F. would not provide, was jailed not because of the confrontation in Hebron, but for having previously attacked two of his own commanders.

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By Thursday afternoon, the Facebook page of support for Mr. Adamov had garnered 100,000 likes, and a slow-motion version of the confrontation video had been shared 7,492 times.

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