yank
Example Sentences
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She said her mother had come to London to celebrate the end of World War I and met and married a Yank.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
After the commissioner makes this conceited Yank grovel, Marty simply replies, “It’s every man for himself where I come from.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
Dark money, in the Yank sense of that term, plays virtually no role in European electoral campaigns, which tend to be tightly controlled, brief in duration and mostly financed by the state.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025
The company plans a partnership with Yank Marine, a women-owned business in New Jersey, to manufacture a support vessel to deploy, dispatch, and collect technicians for operations and maintenance activities.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023
“Doing something should help,” yelled the Yank from the back, enjoying the view ahead of him for different reasons than the rest of them.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing yank
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