Thant
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Shopowner Thant Zin, 28, who is from a town in Sagaing unaffected by the quake, mourned the collapse of centuries-old pagodas and temples in his area.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025
“I can confirm what you mentioned,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said in response to a question about the reported death of Ambassador Myo Thant Pe.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2022
Ambassador U Myo Thant Pe was last seen on Saturday meeting a local official in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan which borders Myanmar, according to a local news report.
From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2022
Cho Minn Thant, the commissioner and CEO of the Asian Tour, called it the "single biggest development" in the tour’s history.
From Fox News • Oct. 29, 2021
Thant Myint-U has long studied the country, as both an insider and an outsider; his grandfather, U Thant, was born in colonial Burma and later became the secretary general of the United Nations.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2019
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