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salient

[sey-lee-uhnt, seyl-yuhnt] / ˈseɪ li ənt, ˈseɪl yənt /


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Salient claims its technology is more accurate than that offered by other companies and governments.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022

Today, the Ypres Salient looks like ordinary farmland: fields dotted with sheep or potatoes or brussels sprouts — until you see the grooves of trenches and bomb craters.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2018

Many young soldiers from Australia and New Zealand also gave their lives in the Salient.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2018

Salient whispers from both sides in Havana indicate that the process of truth and justice stands a chance of reckoning with three generations of violence.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2016

The III. corps Salient was the scene of desperate fighting; and the “Peach Orchard” and the “Devil’s Den” became as famous as the “Bloody Angle” of Spottsylvania or the “Hornets’ Nest” of Shiloh.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various




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