Germiston
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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An ambulance rushed him to the Bertha Gxowa Hospital in nearby Germiston.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2023
Brenner was born in 1927 in Germiston, South Africa to poor immigrant parents.
From Nature ● Apr. 10, 2019
Brenner, born in Germiston, South Africa, in 1927, spent much of his early career in the United Kingdom, earning his PhD from the University of Oxford.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 8, 2019
Sydney Brenner was born Jan. 13, 1927, in Germiston, South Africa, to Jewish emigre parents from Eastern Europe.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2019
Toward the end of 1966 my father was temporarily laid off his job as a menial labourer for a white firm in Germiston, a white city an hour’s bus ride southeast of Johannesburg.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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