Great Britain
Example Sentences
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He represented Great Britain at the Olympics as a rower after competing in the university Boat Race against Oxford as a student.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Great Britain Cycling Team performance director Stephen Park pointed out her "incredible legacy" as he paid tribute.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Most historians are concentrating on the birth itself, when 13 disparate colonies along the east coast of North America declared their intention to separate from Great Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Nursery costs for under-twos are more expensive in Wales than anywhere else in Great Britain, according to the children's charity Coram.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
Later, in 1764, as tensions between Great Britain and the American colonists increased to an even greater degree, the English parliament passed the Sugar Act.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
