Example Sentences

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Mayflower’s Glazer worries that many investors will get caught out by hidden complexities, and may end up losing money where they thought they’d make it.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Fury toward Gates for appearing to present this information incautiously or for referring to the Mayflower's passengers – colonizers – as "people who laid the foundation for this country."

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2023

Situated alongside those honoring the Mayflower’s passengers and crew, it reads: “In memory of the Wampanoag of Patuxet who perished in the ‘Great Dying’ plague of 1616 to 1619 introduced by European and English invaders.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2020

The Box describes itself as "a museum for the 21st Century" and will mix collection displays with temporary exhibitions ranging from the latest contemporary art to a celebration of the Mayflower's 400th anniversary.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2019

All her ideas, all her thoughts, were swallowed up in the one great hope—Should she be in time to reach Dr. Mayflower’s house before he set off on his afternoon rounds?

From A World of Girls The Story of a School by Meade, L. T.