Lemnos
Americannoun
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The deaths occurred on the island of Lemnos where flooding damaged roads and buildings and residents were asked to evacuate their homes, amid fears that a dam could overflow.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024
But he can’t yet be sure when Lemnos was cut off from the mainland.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2018
Funding is becoming more plentiful from traditional venture capitalists, the venture arms of major corporations and venture funds that are dedicated to hardware startups, like Bolt and Lemnos Labs.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2017
Related: Greece debt crisis: reforms will fail, says ex-finance minister Yanis Varoufakis For Agios Efstratios and its closest large neighbour, Lemnos, the timing of the crisis is particularly cruel.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2015
They left him finally at Lemnos, then an uninhabited island although once the heroes of the Quest of the Golden Fleece had found plenty of women there.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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