motherland

Example Sentences

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“I’m standing there, a young officer, and I say, ‘I’m defending the motherland,’” Poltava recalled.

From New York Times

“They are ready to honor their duty to the motherland according to the specialization they trained for, not as assault infantry.”

From Washington Post

It too has been a cheerleader for Africa - singing about the beauty of the continent, boasting of its natural resources while calling for people in the diaspora to return to the motherland.

From BBC

"I will have to use that knowledge to protect our country because there is a lot of blood in Ukraine nowadays and someone has to protect the motherland," he said via an interpreter.

From Reuters

These northern approaches would still hold advantages for Russia, primarily the short supply routes it offers to and from the motherland.

From Washington Post