Medan
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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In North Sumatra's Medan, an AFP photographer saw murky brown floodwaters at hip level, and residents asking drivers passing their inundated homes to drive slowly to avoid splashing them.
From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025
On Monday, a court in Medan, Sumatra found Thalisa guilty of spreading hatred under a controversial online hate-speech law, and sentenced her to two years and 10 months in jail.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025
The orangutan’s intriguing behavior was recorded in 2022 by Ulil Azhari, a co-author and field researcher at the Suaq Project in Medan, Indonesia.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024
Similar rallies were held Saturday in other major cities across the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, including in Bandung, Yogyakarta, Solo and Medan.
From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 2023
My father is an American, but my grandfather on my mother's side was a Medan nobleman.
From Loot of the Void by Sloat, Edwin K.
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