nation

Example Sentences

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But this drawn out saga is challenging the way the nation sees itself and its forces.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

That is a grim omen for California, which relies on the Asian nation for jet fuel shipped 6,000 miles across the Pacific.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

But we as a nation cannot allow this moment and what it represents to pass.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

He has grown to 6 feet 5 as a 17-year-old junior and is committed to UCLA, which is No. 1 in the nation with a 21-1 record.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Each nation believed that it was fighting a defensive war forced upon it by someone else.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman