rights
Example Sentences
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“Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts wrote for the court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
"These children will not receive respect from society, their well-being will not be truly protected, and above all, they will not have access to services or their rights."
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Yousef, whose community strongly promotes gender equality, said she also wants to work on "defending women's rights and enshrining them in the country's constitution".
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Fox’s announcement comes after relations between Fox and the NFL had frayed over the league’s decision to sell rights of its games to streaming services like Amazon’s Prime Video and Netflix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“There can be no lighter topics when human rights are being infringed upon.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
