natives
Example Sentences
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Scotland matters to him in a way that those many natives who have lived outside the country will recognise.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
While Scotland head coach Steve Clarke had given up hope of his team escaping out of their World Cup group, this particular bunch of Scottish natives clearly had not.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The disinterested universe that serves as backdrop to Mr. Diaz’s world imposes no small amount of irony on Magellan’s campaign to convert the natives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
‘It’s really been a joy to reunite the soil with the plants that belong here,’ Christopher Smee says of removing his lawn and planting California natives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
But the natives soon learned that most of the British were terrible shots, from lack of practice—their guns were little more than noisemakers.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
