native country

Example Sentences

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Within hours, Dedic, a businessman living in Ealing, had left the UK on the Eurostar and returned to his native country of Bosnia.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In 2019, an immigration judge had ordered that he couldn’t be removed to his native country because a gang had targeted his family’s pupusa business there.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

He has spoken in interviews about being born into poverty and fleeing conflict in his native country to arrive in the United States as a refugee.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Congress in 1990 authorized Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for noncitizens who could not safely return home because their native country was wracked by war, violence or natural disasters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

In the process of their work, the Curies also found two new elements–polonium, which they named after her native country, and radium.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson