nation

Example Sentences

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These are the long-running surveys that essentially put the nation on the economic psychiatric couch.

From BBC

South Africa, the continent's most industrialised nation, is grappling with entrenched crime and corruption driven by organised networks.

From Barron's

One of the most oil-rich nations on earth, Iran is no longer able to keep the lights on for its citizens 24 hours a day.

From The Wall Street Journal

In his address to the nation a few days into the new year, he struck a conciliatory tone, calling on all Guineans to build a nation of peace and "fully assumed" sovereignty.

From BBC

These include regional fisheries bodies and the International Seabed Authority -- the forum where nations are jousting over proposed rules on the environmentally destructive deep-sea mining industry.

From Barron's