Sulu
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I had just taken the conn when Mr. Sulu reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
For George Takei, who portrayed Hikaru Sulu aboard the USS Enterprise in the “Star Trek” franchise, it’s a story he is determined to keep telling every opportunity he has.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024
It's one of a cluster of islands that make up the Agutaya archipelago, stranded in the middle of the Philippines' Sulu Sea.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2023
The ferry was traveling to Jolo town in Sulu province from the southern port city of Zamboanga when it caught fire off Basilan close to midnight, Hataman said.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
Chekov, the Russian ensign; Sulu, the Japanese American helmsman; and the half-human, half-Vulcan first officer, Mr. Spock, added an interstellar touch of diversity.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Philippine Sulus are putting considerable pressure on the Manila government to get hold of the territory.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are many volcanoes in the islands, and they exist from the North of Luzon to the Sulus in the extreme South, a distance as great as from Scotland to Sicily.
From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat
No good resulted to the Spaniards from the attack, for the Sulus defended themselves admirably.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
The overplus, if any, was to be carried to the credit of the Sulus.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin
An hour later, these two gentlemen, accompanied by Mr. Crocker, came on board; and then we started directly in a long native canoe, with a crew and escort189 of thirty coolies, Sulus, Dyaks, and policemen.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)
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