Washington
Example Sentences
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And when Washington can’t hold those yields down, the government pays more to borrow money.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, a senior who works as a public-health scientist, called a plumber when she started feeling sick from fumes in her Washington, D.C., home—a smell she described as “like feces.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Zuckerberg previously bought property in Hawaii and paid $23 million in cash for a 15,000-square-foot mansion in Washington D.C.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
"Canada has what the world wants," Carney said in a statement following the breakdown of negotiations with Washington.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
“It’s like having a stethoscope on the volcano,” said Harold Tobin, Steve Malone’s successor at the University of Washington.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
