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nationality

[nash-uh-nal-i-tee] / ˌnæʃ əˈnæl ɪ ti /


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Pernik has said the allegations were “wholly out of character” and that his client’s flight to Saudi Arabia was prebooked, and urged people not make assumption’s about Alfozan due to his Saudi nationality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Eritreans were the most common nationality among small boats migrants in the 12 months to June - accounting for 18% of arrivals, external, according to figures from the House of Commons Library.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

That is how much the average American tourist in Spain spent a day in July, more than any other nationality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Audience entanglement plagued creators from all walks of life, regardless of age, gender or nationality.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Germans were writing on the cars with blue chalk—the number of persons in each car, their rank, their nationality, the date on which they had been put aboard.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

The court, housed in a shiny glass building on the outskirts of The Hague, employs around 900 staff from 100 nationalities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Instead, the ministry says FlyDubai agreed in writing to check its pilots’ backgrounds and nationalities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

As a result, clubs have expanded their scouting pool and been able to attract players from a wider variety of nationalities - with transfer fees exploding since the turn of the decade.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Originally voted for by journalists, the award was restricted to European players until eligibility was expanded to all nationalities in 1995.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

I could hear a lot of words often repeated, queer words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd; so I quietly got my polyglot dictionary from my bag and looked them out.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker


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