august

Example Sentences

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As part of the cooperation, Iran is providing Russia with one-way attack drones, including more than 400 since august, national security adviser John Kirby said at a news briefing.

From Reuters

But even coronations have had moments of mayhem and mishap, and over the centuries, those moments have given character and humanity to the most august events — incidents like these:

From Los Angeles Times

From his perch at that august museum, Mr. Harithas was both a witness to and a participant in the anti-Vietnam War protests unfolding nearby, including the teeming March on the Pentagon in 1967.

From New York Times

And in the first of several programs distributed across a two-week run, this august institution certainly seemed like it was trying very hard to look younger.

From New York Times

With each Trump appointment, though, it became more difficult to distinguish clearly between the supposedly august, intellectual work of the justices and the wheeling and dealing of raw politics.

From Washington Post