nationalism

Example Sentences

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Khomeini always saw himself as a foe of Iranian nationalism, says Armin Navabi, an Iranian-Canadian author and activist, in a phone interview from Vancouver.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Baseball is fleeting, a bit of good-hearted nationalism doubly so.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

In the most recent episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick unpacks how Christian nationalism made its way into the U.S. government with Rachel Laser, president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

The regime apparently believed that its only chance at survival was to play the victim at home; bombings would generate nationalism and suppress political dissent.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

This was one of the long-cherished dreams of Afrikaner nationalism, to cast off ties to the country they had fought against in the Anglo- Boer War.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela