nation
Example Sentences
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The kidnapping drama has captivated the nation but until now there have been relatively few leads.
From Los Angeles Times
When Murphy departed the University of Minnesota to join Team USA here in Italy, she was leading the nation in both goals and penalty minutes.
America’s long-term strength depends on educating our next generation of leaders with the knowledge, moral clarity and courage to speak the truth and faithfully advance the nation’s core values and founding ideals.
The proposed action is part of a plan to close what officials describe as an ongoing structural deficit — meaning that the nation’s second-largest school system is spending more annually than it is receiving.
From Los Angeles Times
For the young foreign worker, one of the tens of thousands drawn to the EU nation every year, it was a rough welcome -- but one he said is increasingly common among his colleagues.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
