Sulu
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Sulus,
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Sulu
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Hikaru Sulu on the show, attributes “Star Trek’s” core values to Roddenberry’s beliefs and ideals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
I had just taken the conn when Mr. Sulu reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
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 enroute to Jolo town in Sulu province from the southern port city of Zamboanga when it caught fire midway off Basilan close to midnight, he said.
From Seattle 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
This treachery to an amicable chief exasperated and undeceived the Mindanao Sultan to such a degree that he forthwith took his revenge by co-operating with the Sulus in making war on the Spaniards.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
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 Murat Halstead
The Sulus boast of the deed, and admit that they received assistance from both Zamboanga and Ternate, the two nearest Spanish and Dutch ports.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig
To the north they are called Idaan or Tirun, and those so termed are best known to the Sulus, or the inhabitants of that part of the coast of Borneo over which the Sulus rule.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig
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