government

Example Sentences

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Iacocca secured a U.S. government loan and revamped the lineup to save the day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The government opened the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz in 1934, hoping to use the remote island to house particularly difficult prisoners, according to the National Park Service.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"People would see us coming and say: 'The government cows have arrived,'" she says.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

We are tracking Q1 private domestic final sales growth, which excludes the rebound effect from the end of last fall’s government shutdown, at 2.1%.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“So that means…no one in the American government even knows about Bletchley Park?”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin