Britain

Example Sentences

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He stayed mostly for his children and grandchildren, who were born in Britain.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

We don't know if Vance doesn't care, or isn't aware, that Nowak's killer was born in Britain.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

A U.S. naval officer, historian, and military theorist, Mahan argued that control of the seas was the key to empires from Rome to Britain.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

His failures were many and spectacular, but in 1940, as Britain fought alone against Hitler’s Germany, he drew on a lifetime’s writing about greatness to embody it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

One interesting activity is to quickly draw a rough outline of the US at the time it gained independence from Britain.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz