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Examples

  • Belle whistled sharply to call Fao's attention, then tight-beamed a thought.

    The Galaxy Primes 1927

  • We detected such focal points in: i) the cultured rat liver cancer cell line Fao, which is clonal in origin

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michel Laurent et al. 2010

  • In October 2010, Leighton Offshore said it had received a contract worth US$733 million to install three moorings and 120 kilometers of pipeline in the Arabian Gulf for Iraq's South Oil Co., part of work to redevelop export facilities from the Fao Terminal near Al Basrah.

    Leighton Reports Possible Illegal Iraq Payment Robb M. Stewart 2012

  • A top Iraqi commander later claimed that Iraq had “won” and recaptured Fao because they used VX nerve gas.

    Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010

  • Colonel Akbari was on one of the most gruesome front lines of the war during the Val Fajr 8 offensive, in which Iran captured the Fao Peninsula in early 1986.

    Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010

  • It looked as though Fao could be the gateway to the conquest of the Iraqi city of Basra, making it the potential key to the dismemberment and disappearance of the unified Iraqi state that Britain had created after World War I.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • But though the Iranians got to Fao, they could get no further.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • A year earlier, Iran had captured the Fao Peninsula, the southernmost extreme of Iraq, bordering Kuwait.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • But though the Iranians got to Fao, they could get no further.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • A year earlier, Iran had captured the Fao Peninsula, the southernmost extreme of Iraq, bordering Kuwait.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

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