province
Example Sentences
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"I have one child, and I don't want any more," says 36-year-old Daniel Luo, who lives in the eastern province of Henan.
From BBC
Protesters in Iran have tried to break into a local government building in the southern province of Fars, on a fourth day of demonstrations sparked by a currency collapse.
From BBC
“We did two months of typhoon disaster relief for five provinces here,” he said.
From Salon
"We captured 125 Daesh suspects in simultaneous operations carried out in 25 provinces this morning," Ali Yerlikaya said, using the Arabic acronym for IS.
From Barron's
The coalition had warned it would back Yemen's government in any military confrontation with separatist forces and has urged them to withdraw "peacefully" from recently-seized provinces.
From Barron's
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