Buru
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He chose to stay in Buru after Suharto government released him at the end of the 1970s.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2015
Buru Island in East Indonesia was once home to 12,000 political prisoners, suspected communist sympathisers sent to toil there during the rule of President Suharto from the late 1960s.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2015
AWE Ltd. and Buru Energy Ltd. are among other potential investments, he said.
From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 18, 2012
The Buru Quarter was a story told in prison and later written down and smuggle out of Indonesia for publication.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2011
Marang Buru did not detect the imposition and according to his promise taught them all the incantations of witchcraft.
From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas
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