Kokura
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Three days later the city of Kokura would have suffered the same destruction, but smoke obscured the bomb drop, so Nagasaki, the backup target, was annihilated instead.
From New York Times
As the B-29 bomber Bockscar headed to its initial target of Kokura on the morning of Aug. 9, 1945, thick haze and smoke forced it to switch at the last minute to Nagasaki, a second target.
From Seattle Times
Nagasaki was actually not the initial target of the attack, but was only chosen after bad weather obscured the main target city of Kokura.
From BBC
Bullet trains connecting Osaka and Kokura were suspended Thursday, and hundreds of domestic flights were grounded, holding up holidaymakers.
From Seattle Times
The Pentagon later released a video that it said showed a crew from an Iranian patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from the hull of the Kokura Courageous.
From Los Angeles Times
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