Example Sentences

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Claudio Ranieri's pizza-loving Leicester nomads stormed to the Premier League summit and, after briefly giving up top spot to Arsenal, surged clear to become 5,000-1-shot winners.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Tibetans, many of whom are nomads, have clashed with Chinese authorities over plans to exploit natural resources in the Tibetan plateau, arguing that such projects endanger their livelihoods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

It said that, as of Thursday, 11 of the nomads initially detained continued to be held.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

As you may recall from school, hunter-gatherers followed the food; agriculture turned nomads into settlers, who turned wolves into dogs and sheep into wool.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

I saw the Libyan Desert, where nomads tend their camels as they did a thousand years ago.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins