nation

Example Sentences

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But this drawn out saga is challenging the way the nation sees itself and its forces.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

That is a grim omen for California, which relies on the Asian nation for jet fuel shipped 6,000 miles across the Pacific.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The status is granted by the Pan American Health Organization, and the U.S. can only maintain it if it can prove that the virus has not circulated continuously in the nation for a year straight.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

He has grown to 6 feet 5 as a 17-year-old junior and is committed to UCLA, which is No. 1 in the nation with a 21-1 record.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Finally, at the climax of a twelve-day manhunt that had gripped the nation, a heavily armed patrol of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry had cornered Lincoln’s assassin!

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson