noun
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Pierre Stambul, activist with the Union of French Jews for Peace which supported Abudaqa's challenge in court, said she hadn't held a senior position in the group for more than twenty years.
From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2023
At the very hour when Kucsuk Pasha arrived at Stambul, Master Ladislaus Székely, whom Master Michael Teleki had sent with rich presents to the Porte, likewise dismounted from his carriage.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by M?r J?kai
And the prophecy was fulfilled which had said, "A time will come when thou shalt be in two places at once, in Stambul and in Janina!"
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai
Suddenly a handsome, chivalrous youth galloped out of the gate before whom the soldiers bowed down to the earth; this was the Pasha's favourite horseman, Feriz Beg, who had just arrived from Stambul.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by M?r J?kai
Stambul was literally turned upsidedown, and the dregs were swimming on the surface.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai
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