compatriots

Example Sentences

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He and his compatriots were taken away by police shortly after.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

But where other artists might have spiraled, White and his compatriots transcended, turning inward while also looking to the stars.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

She and her compatriots gather every Sunday outside the Otay Mesa facility to raise money to help detainees buy food in the prison commissary and call their families.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Herrera hoped to be able to invest "when there is a free Cuba," to support his compatriots who lack housing, infrastructure, sanitation, and electricity.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

In search of compatriots, they used to trail their fingers, at the start of each new semester, through the columns of the university directory, circling surnames familiar to their part of the world.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri