patriotic
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Mr. Kshatriya is the American-born son of Indian immigrant scientists, and he has fully absorbed the patriotic values that drove the original space race against the Soviet Union.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
"I am now needed not in parliament, but in the reorganisation of the patriotic movement," he said in a video statement released on social media on Saturday evening.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
This doctrine sounds like a made-up phrase created for a patriotic first-person-shooter video game.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026
Sunak’s essay pairs hawkish foreign policy analysis with patriotic nostalgia for how the Royal Navy used to maintain Britain’s position as a “global hegemon.”
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
It was something patriotic about how when you die for your country, you do not die in vain.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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Star-Spangled Vocabulary: Patriotic Words
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