Example Sentences

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The insurer was this year usurped as the nation’s biggest personal auto insurer by Progressive, losing a throne it had held since World War II, according to S&P.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

In Australia, dementia recently surpassed coronary heart disease to become the nation's leading cause of death.

From Science Daily • Jun. 16, 2026

Did the nation’s history and traditions set up this double standard and “allow Idaho to compel this sacrifice”? Winmill observed that Seyb had produced significant evidence to the contrary.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

Strickland was not on the card for the UFC event held on the White House South Lawn in connection with a summer-long celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

More black men are imprisoned today than at any other moment in our nation’s history.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander