Example Sentences
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Levies probably cost Ford about $1 billion in 2025 operating profit.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
Levies “would not be the sole reason as to why we would change our assortment and strategy,” said Horowitz.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Levies had been due to start on 9 July for goods entering the US from around the world, but Trump this week extended the timeline for talks until 1 August.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025
Levies, in contrast, provide only a partial amount every year.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2022
Cauldwell was in full retreat, and though pursued by Colonel Pawling with his regiment of Levies and Colonel Cantine with a regiment of State Militia, for some days, finally escaped.
From The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York Continental Regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Western Indians With an Introduction, Copious Historical Notes, and Maps of the Battle-field of Newtown and Groveland Ambuscade by Hardenbergh, John Leonard
