Basra

Examples

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• Among the first of these critical encounters with journalists on stage was Colin Teevan's play How Many Miles to Basra?

  Academic text (2017)

• Speaking of once-in-a-lifetime experiences, Kent, I understand you have a fascinating story about your time in Basra.

  The Window East (2014)

• You must go to Basra, my son.

  The Devil's Double (2011)

• After being arrested and taken to a jail in Basra, the British army immediately requested the release of these men.

  Zeitgeist (2007)

• To Basra and all Iraq comes good news with the opening of a new oil field.

  Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

• We'll get down south to Basra, we'll ask for Jordan's help.

  Fair Game (2010)

• I come from Basra, a city of gardens and fountains.

  Lucky Miles (2007)

• The coalition also rapidly reopened the civilian airports at Basra and Kirkuk.

  Academic text (2005)

• U.S. national security depends more on cooperative neighbors and secure borders than it does on defeating militias in Basra.

  Academic text (2008)

• New opposition recruits would have to come from Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, which Saddam would be certain to defend furiously.

  Academic text (1999)

Surface Forms

Etymology