Samar

American

[sah-mahr] / ˈsɑ mɑr /

noun

an island in the E central Philippines. 5,309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).

Samar British

/ ˈsɑːmə /

noun

an island in the E central Philippines, separated from S Luzon by the San Bernardino Strait: the third largest island in the republic. Capital: Catbalogan. Pop: 641 124 (2000). Area: 13 080 sq km (5050 sq miles)

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SAMAR, Ukraine—Kyrylo Horbenko represented the future of the Ukrainian army.

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In Samar—the commuter town near Dnipro where he shared a ramshackle house with his mother, Tetiana Horbenko, a supermarket cashier, his car mechanic stepfather and his younger brother, Yegor—army service was a way of rising up the social ladder.

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Mykola Kapralyk, a priest in Samar who grew close to Horbenko, said he has lost around 100 men from his flock to the war.

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On a visit to Samar midway through his training, Horbenko regaled relatives with stories of his training, showing video clips from the shooting ground.

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Rescuer Juniel Tagarino in Samar province's Catbalogan City said the 64-year-old had been fleeing with family members Saturday night when she unexpectedly "went back inside her house" only to be found hours later.

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