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Examples
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They heard that the Goeben was at the Dardanelles, and it behooved them not to come too close, as they did not know where the Goeben was, so it had to be done with aeroplanes directing them.
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Many of the shells to-day were bigger than usual and some think the "Goeben" is the culprit.
The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" George Davidson
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As we passed through the Straits the message was signalled that those two notorious vessels, the "Goeben" and the "Breslau," were roaming loose in the Mediterranean.
A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire Harold Harvey
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The colossal brigandage of Germany appealed to her freebooting instincts, although it took a corrupt, self-seeking Government and a final push from the "Goeben" and the "Breslau" to plunge her into war against her best friends.
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o 'the biggest and best torpedoes, any one o' which is warranted to knock the stuffing out o 'the "Goeben" or any other o' Weeping Willy's super-skulkers. '
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“No one else is volunteering to fight the Goeben, after all.”
Behemoth Mr. Scott Westerfeld 2010
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If the Germans find out the Leviathan is coming, the Goeben could surprise it anywhere along the way with her Tesla cannon charged!
Behemoth Mr. Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Deryn turned back to the railing, and suddenly there they were below—the Goeben and the Breslau harbored in the Golden Horn.
Behemoth Mr. Scott Westerfeld 2010
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The Ottomans, however, were firmly entrenched in the Central Power camp, and in August, the Turks provided safe haven for two German warships, the SMS Goeben and SMS
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The Goeben was steaming out, her kraken-fighting arms spread like the claws of a crab.
Behemoth Mr. Scott Westerfeld 2010
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