Example Sentences

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Maasai activists criticized authorities for approving the Ritz-Carlton development despite the moratorium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Wildlife guides report instances of wildebeest wandering into kitchens and lobbies at other Maasai Mara camps built on migration corridors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

The scene had everything — the Memphis jookin, the Maasai in the background.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

Namnyak, a Maasai herder in north Tanzania, fears a carbon credit scheme linked to Volkswagen -- dismissed by NGOs as "greenwashing" -- could destroy her community's way of life.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

My people speak the Maa language, which is why we are called Maasai.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola