patriotic
Example Sentences
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But mobilizing patriotic consumerism also carries risks that official sanctions don’t.
Ms. McGarr, who teaches at University of Wisconsin-Madison, is often acerbic about her subjects but notes that they were “awash in patriotic fervor at the same time that they were distrustful and cynical.”
"I'm grateful to Andriy that Ukraine's position on the negotiating track was always presented as required: it was always a patriotic position," Ukraine's leader said in an address in Kyiv on Friday.
From BBC
He believes that what he is doing is "logical and patriotic", Mohammed Jally said.
From Reuters
“It’s for financial reasons more than being patriotic or feeling like I owe the country something,” he said.
From New York Times
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