Example Sentences

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U.S. presidents had been using yachts since the 1880s, like the USS Despatch, USS Dolphin and USS Sylph, to host foreign dignitaries and serve as recreational space.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2024

Sarah Isgur, legal commentator at conservative website The Despatch, told the Economist the statutes under which these counts were brought require proof of intent.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2023

And in May 2018, a widespread breakdown in the northern system of Pakistan’s power company, the National Transmission and Despatch Company, caused a power breakdown in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Provinces.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023

A few minutes before showtime, I was loitering backstage among a crowd of other would-be interviewers, including my friend Dave Watts from the Echo’s evening stablemate, the Northern Despatch.

From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2016

"I'm the local correspondent of the New York Despatch," he said, to refresh my memory.

From Search-Light Letters by Grant, Robert