fatherland
Example Sentences
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There was nothing else but themselves they could dedicate themselves to—no patria, no fatherland, no nation as yet.
“All our people are defenders of the fatherland,” Mr. Putin said at the rally.
From New York Times
“All our people are defenders of the fatherland. I bow lowly before you.”
From New York Times
In February 1990, however, Mr. Modrow urged talks with West Germany toward an eventual “united fatherland” that would be independent of military blocs and governed by a joint parliament in Berlin.
From Washington Post
One of President Putin's biggest cheerleaders, ex-president Dmitry Medvedev, who sits on the Russian security council, said in recent days that there were "special rules" in wartime for traitors who "wish their fatherland to perish".
From BBC
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