citizen
Example Sentences
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"It is really, really, really a bad precedent... why do people, your citizens, have to go through vetting? Sometimes others end up being denied," Suleman, aged 32, tells the BBC.
From BBC
Japan warned its citizens to stay safe in China, while Beijing urged its citizens to avoid travelling to Japan.
From BBC
It said it will be sanctioning multiple entities, individuals and vessels to “stem the flow of revenue that the regime in Tehran uses to support terrorism abroad and repress its citizens.”
From MarketWatch
But Mr. Williams understands that telling the story properly requires acknowledging the forgotten citizen of New York City in the 1980s—the wary pedestrian and the terrified straphanger.
“Throughout the day,” the New York Times reported, “people shouted his name, with the inevitable ‘viva,’ wherever United States citizens appeared on the streets or in cafes.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
