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Uncle Sam

noun as in united states of america personified

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In June, the department shared an image of Uncle Sam nailing to a wall a poster that read “Help yourself…and your country.”

From Salon

And guest star Samuel L. Jackson, dressed as Uncle Sam, called out the nation’s systemic racism.

Britain was "clinging on to the coattails of Uncle Sam" with "crumbs from the Silicon Valley table".

From BBC

Routine reverence for America’s high-tech arsenal of air power has remained in sync with the assumption that, in the hands of Uncle Sam, the world’s greatest aerospace technologies would be used for the greatest good.

From Salon

In it, he wears his finest Uncle Sam garb and points at viewers, issuing a statement: “Kid Rock wants YOU to support Gavin Newsom.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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