Example Sentences
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Ms. Crabapple’s great-grandfather, Samuel Rothbort, was a Russian-born Bundist who, after tangling with local thugs, immigrated to the U.S. and became a painter and chicken farmer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Yaghi was born in Jordan to Palestinian refugees, and immigrated to the U.S. when he was 15 to study.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
My parents had immigrated from England to Perth, Australia, in 1977 when I was 6 months old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
When France won the World Cup in 2018, 16 of the 23 players on the team came from families that recently immigrated from places like Zaire, Cameroon, Morocco, Angola, Congo or Algeria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
I have had variations of the same dream since we immigrated to America.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
