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Kishi

American  
[kee-shee] / ˈki ʃi /

noun

  1. Nobusuke 1896–1987, Japanese statesman: premier 1958–60.


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Before the Kishi raid, the mining corps arrested two trucks laden with lithium on the outskirts of the capital Abuja in April.

From Seattle Times May 26, 2024

A red, trompe-l’oeil wrapping cloth by the young artist Yu Tanaka sits across from a piece by Eiko Kishi whose knobbly, blue and white finish and abstract triangular planes evoke a Star Wars spaceship.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2024

Former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, Abe’s grandfather, helped the church take root in Japan in the 1960s over shared interests in conservative and anti-communist causes.

From Washington Times Jul. 8, 2023

Reuters contacted 15 leading Japanese defence manufacturers, whose CEOs the defence ministry invited to talks with then- defence minister Nobuo Kishi in April, and in January with his successor, Yasukazu Hamada.

From Reuters Mar. 15, 2023

Kishi is just as certain that the whirling is not due to defects in the canal organs, as Rawitz is that it is due to such structural conditions!

From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Robert M. Yerkes

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