Mosul
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It was Mosul Eye who guided us on the ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The scars of what the people of Mosul endured are yet to heal - just as much of Iraq remains in a fragile state.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
A U.S.-spearheaded military coalition freed Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul, from the group’s grip in 2017, and pursued its remnants into eastern Syria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2025
And according to Hoffman, many of those who were radicalized and who had been recruited to fight for the caliphate fled back home just before or after the fall of Mosul.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2024
Neither in the train to Kirkuk, nor in the Rest House at Mosul, nor last night on the train had she slept properly.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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