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Example Sentences
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When we talk about U.S. citizenship, there is a tendency to assume that, Well, of course everyone wants legal citizenship because it means access to rights, privileges, and protections.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026
“Wuthering Heights” knew what it was about, and Brontë, despite her lack of firsthand experience in love, had the scripts of normative femininity dead to rights with the book’s relentless conflation of love and torment.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
Political detainees have been subject to harsh treatment and often denied access to lawyers, according to rights groups.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
Rodriguez has started releasing political prisoners ahead of the pending amnesty -- more than 400 according to rights group Foro Penal, but with many more still behind bars.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
“Nonsense! I’m only redistributing the wealth. I need to repair the roof and fix the robot, have the tennis court put to rights and replace the pipe in the fountain. The stables are collapsing, too.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
