United Kingdom
Example Sentences
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He is one of 1,087 people who the United Kingdom has forcibly returned to France, as part of a so-called "one in, one out" deal with France.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
More than one million people died during the Irish famine between 1845 and 1852, when Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, and about two million emigrated over the following decade.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Nearly four in 10 Chinese buyers bought a home in California, and 36% of buyers from the United Kingdom purchased a home in the state.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
“They do pretty well,” said the professor, who spoke to me by phone from an infrastructure conference at Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
In theory, they were even given equal pay to men—an issue that wasn’t dealt with in law until 1963 in the United States and 1970 in the United Kingdom.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
