Example Sentences

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The force has referred itself to the police watchdog over the incident.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Aridge has referred to the factory as the world’s first intelligent flying-car manufacturing facility.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Meanwhile, he has referred to the war as “an excursion” and “a lovely stay,” yet he is also weighing a complex and risky mission to seize the regime’s uranium, the Journal reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Then he repeatedly demeaned Canada as America’s “51st state” and has referred to the prime minister as “governor.”

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

He has referred to the old days and recurred to the many kindnesses shown to him by Esther and Helen and the mission workers at Tolchaco.

From The High Calling by Sheldon, Charles Monroe