Entebbe
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"When we got close to Kisumu, we switched off the radar and diverted to Entebbe in Uganda."
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
Netanyahu’s own brother, Yonatan, led an elite commando squad that successfully rescued 98 hostages from an airplane hijacking in Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
As so often happens here, time echoes in peculiar ways: the only Israeli soldier killed in the daring Entebbe raid was 30-year-old Yonatan Netanyahu, elder brother of Israel’s embattled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
The march was supposed to have begun at Entebbe International Airport, south of the capital, where Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, arrived from abroad.
From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 2023
The Seses are a low-lying forested archipelago in the northwestern part of Lake Victoria, an easy boat ride from Entebbe.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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