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Best friends Kush Burman and Jo Diop have certainly won the hearts of many viewers, eager to see them complete their journey to northern Mongolia.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
The water reaching the Lower Basin will probably fall below that point later this year or next, which has never happened, said Brenda Burman, general manager of the Central Arizona Project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
“The reports have not changed the fact that it is cheaper to break the law than comply with the law,” said Abigail Burman, a lawyer who has studied the issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Debbie Burman, another walker, heard Mrs Pyrah shouting for help.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
Down Burman, left at Bryson's, which looked nothing like the houses on Portal Avenue.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
The majority ethnic Bamar people — also called Burmans — and the ethnic minorities have “a better understanding of each other,” she said, and “there is more unity in the country.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
One of the best-selling books in Britain that year was the South African-born British explorer Archibald R. Colquhoun’s “Burma and the Burmans: The Best Unopened Market in the World.”
From New York Times ● May 15, 2019
If he does, he may enjoy strong backing from Burmans.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2018
Various Burmans stopped me on the way and told me about the elephant’s doings.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2017
I confess that, personally, I have found even to-day infinitely more superstition and leaning to the miraculous among my own people than among Burmans.
From The Hearts of Men by Fielding, H. (Harold)
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