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Chari

American  
[sha-ree] / ʃaˈri /

noun

  1. the French name of Shari.


Chari British  
/ ˈtʃɑːrɪ /

noun

  1. a river in N central Africa, rising in the N Central African Republic and flowing north to Lake Chad. Length: about 2250 km (1400 miles)

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“The birth dose is critical to preventing hepatitis B, which is the leading cause of liver cancer worldwide,” said Chari Cohen, president of the Hepatitis B Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

“It’s primarily transmitted mother to child,” said Dr. Chari Cohen, president of the Hepatitis B Foundation.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2025

In her petition addressed to Harinarayan Chari Mishra, the police chief of Bhopal, Gunjan says that the only solution is raiding wedding venues and arresting those found giving or receiving dowry.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2023

As a result the Logone and Chari rivers, unable to disgorge into the lake, burst their banks, flooding Chad's capital, N'Djamena, and the Cameroon border town of Kousseri.

From Reuters Oct. 31, 2022

In India they are 59 represented by the shales and limestones of the Chari series of Cutch.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various

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