Vilnius
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Vladislav D admitted to handing four boxes containing the cushions and cosmetics to an "unknown man" in Vilnius, Lithuania, but he denied working for Russian intelligence.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
"I personally lived in Vilnius for five years. Honestly I was always sure that the next city I would move from Vilnius would be Minsk. But the situation is like it is," she said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
A little more than 35 years ago, on Jan. 13, 1991, Mr. Landsbergis was hunkered down in the Lithuanian parliament in Vilnius in a bulletproof vest waiting for Soviet forces to storm the building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Having taken refuge in Vilnius, she gave birth to a daughter and now works for the Anti-Corruption Foundation, an organisation founded by Navalny that investigates alleged wrongdoing among Russia's elites.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
The Russian Ambassador bought and presented him to Peter the Great who caused him to be baptized at Vilnius.
From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry
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