Suu Kyi

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Words nearby Suu Kyi

sutura, sutural bone, sutural ligament, suture, suturectomy, Suu Kyi, suum cuique, SUV, Suva, Suvorov, Suwannee

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How to use Suu Kyi in a sentence

Suu Kyi also said at a press conference last Wednesday that the U.S. “has been overly optimistic about the reform process.”
Hope and Change? Burma Kills a Journalist Before Obama Arrives|Joshua Carroll|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was a former bodyguard for Aung San Suu Kyi and a prominent freelance reporter.
Hope and Change? Burma Kills a Journalist Before Obama Arrives|Joshua Carroll|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If Suu Kyi were to speak out, loud and clear, about the attacks, she would win the applause of people in the West.
Why Does Aung San Suu Kyi Not Speak Up?|Peter Popham|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Suu Kyi, then, has ample reason to choose her words with care.
Why Does Aung San Suu Kyi Not Speak Up?|Peter Popham|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The glaringly obvious reason is that, upon her election to Parliament in April 2012, Suu Kyi became a politician.
Why Does Aung San Suu Kyi Not Speak Up?|Peter Popham|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Truth, whether moral or political, is like the suu of heaven; it is but one—it is the same every where.
Popery! As it Was and as it Is|William Hogan
To the north-east flowed the Kyi Chu, the valley in which Lhasa lay screened, only fifty-six miles distant.
The Unveiling of Lhasa|Edmund Candler
At Chushul (below the Kyi-chu) the discharge of the river is computed to be about 35,000 cub.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4|Various
Thence the valley of the Kyi-chu (itself navigable for small boats for about 30 m.) leads to Lhasa northwards.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4|Various
At the same instant, the Suu gang that was on board the Minerva jumped Young.
Adventure|Jack London