heritage

Example Sentences

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Ms Begum was born in the UK to parents of Bangladeshi heritage and was 15 when she left Bethnal Green, east London, with two schoolfriends in 2015 to support the Islamic State group.

From BBC

“The Chicano heritage wasn’t a thing for me, it was more the immigrant experience,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

It comes amid an ongoing dispute between providers of transport to the Unesco world heritage site, with local communities unhappy with what they say is an insufficiently open bidding process.

From BBC

Encouraged by her lecturers in the Netherlands, Róis began exploring her Irish heritage more deeply and has since committed to learning and performing in her native language.

From BBC

In a historic building in central Tripoli, Libyans wander past ancient statues and artefacts, rediscovering a heritage that transcends political divides at their national museum which reopened this month after a 2011 uprising.

From Barron's