July Fourth

Example Sentences

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In Citrus Heights, near Sacramento, the police department issued $25,000 in fines to a landlord earlier this year, alleging that tenants set off illegal fireworks in a street near the property on July Fourth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

At least 84 of the victims - 56 adults and 28 children - died in Kerr County, where the Guadalupe River was swollen by torrential downpours before daybreak on Friday, the July Fourth public holiday.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

But after a sudden flood came crashing through in the early hours of July Fourth, it’s become the site of a tragedy pulling on the hearts of Texans across the state.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

Workers at 43 hotels have participated in the strike so far, the union said, walking off the job in intermittent few-day spurts ever since the July Fourth holiday weekend.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2023

It was cloudy as Ruthanne reread Ned’s July Fourth letter out loud.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool