citizens

Example Sentences

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The researchers are especially concerned about how the technology could be used in authoritarian countries to monitor protesters or track citizens without their knowledge.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Governments everywhere, as they are now realizing, don’t want H-bombs in the hands of private citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"I was worried about them being criminals. But, with time, I have come to understand that they are just like our own citizens, also trying make a living outside the country."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Maybe the most important thing that Christopher Brown, an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission, said Thursday about scams targeting U.S. citizens is that people who fall for them shouldn’t feel embarrassed.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

But Leah didn’t know Buffalo or its citizens well.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock