Hojo
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Knowing they would return, the ruling Hojo clan built several land- and sea-based fortifications to halt any future invasion.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
In this period, the imperial capital remained at Heian-kyo, but the warrior families, first the Minamoto and then the Hojo, were headquartered in Kamakura.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
In the interim, if you share Hojo Beck’s view that In-N-Out is an overhyped institution, I won’t keep trying to convince you otherwise.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2020
After I got the double in Game 1, they all — Hojo, Pelf, all those guys, D-Wright — they were all texting me.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2010
You will never persuade me that aught of good is to be found in a Hojo, legitimate or otherwise.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
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