citizens

Example Sentences

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Governments everywhere, as they are now realizing, don’t want H-bombs in the hands of private citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Maybe the most important thing that Christopher Brown, an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission, said Thursday about scams targeting U.S. citizens is that people who fall for them shouldn’t feel embarrassed.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Several African countries -- including Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Lesotho and Zimbabwe -- have urged their citizens in South Africa to exercise caution.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Clare Azzougarh told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme her father Malcolm Ducker, who is in his early 70s, was one of the British citizens detained and she had no information on what was happening.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Set apart from “normal” citizens for our own protection and theirs, our gated, walled, and closely guarded campus complex sprawled across an entire island in the middle of the ocean.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin