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Example Sentences
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When we talk about U.S. citizenship, there is a tendency to assume that, Well, of course everyone wants legal citizenship because it means access to rights, privileges, and protections.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026
Political detainees have been subject to harsh treatment and often denied access to lawyers, according to rights groups.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
Rodriguez has started releasing political prisoners ahead of the pending amnesty -- more than 400 according to rights group Foro Penal, but with many more still behind bars.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
Bondi’s insults got the most press, because she would respond to any hard question by bringing up some irrelevant personal attack on whatever Democrat had her dead to rights.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025
So we had half an hour in which to put the house and ourselves to rights.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.