Buna
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Zanat is also introducing Mr. Fukasawa’s new Buna chair, a handcrafted piece that flows like the Balkan river of its name.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024
In November 1942, Ladner was posted in the southeastern mountain jungles of what was then the Australian territory of New Guinea, fighting Japanese troops for control of the port of Buna, The Sun Herald reported.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2022
Her mother, Dina Kyala Buna, 26, rinsed beans in a pot of water outside the family tent as her daughter recounted the perilous passage.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2019
Within hours of arriving in Poland at Auschwitz, Wiesel and his father were transferred to Buna in Germany, where they spent most of their imprisonment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2016
One day the power failed at the central electric plant in Buna.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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