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Example Sentences
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The Australian government has repeatedly said it would not repatriate people from Syria and said those who returned who had committed crimes would be "met with the full force of the law".
From BBC
If finalised, the jets would add to the 36 Rafales India purchased for its air force in 2016 and 26 it has ordered for its navy.
From Barron's
It empowers investors with even minuscule holdings to force shareholder votes on nonbinding proposals—usually on topics including corporate environmental policies, diversity initiatives, political contributions and board composition.
The business went on to supply Napoleon’s forces and later the Italian army.
Can you be so radical and revolutionary that you force the kind of changes needed to reverse a failing national path without terrifying people that you are actually mad, bad and dangerous?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.