Benoni
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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She spent three weeks in intensive care last year, and now back at home in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, she needs an oxygen concentrator to help her breathe.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025
Its leaders and supporters came out in the thousands Sunday in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, where its blue colored flags and party memorabilia decorated a small stadium in the town.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024
The third game, played in a small back room away from the crowds at Fischer’s insistence, thus proved a turning point, with Black using a stunning opening innovation in a Modern Benoni, 11.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
But that’s what happened during a club championship awards ceremony at South Africa’s Lake Club Benoni when one man accused another of cheating.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 5, 2019
His father was William Gardiner, the son of Benoni, the son of Joseph, an English emigrant.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.
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