North American
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Champagne is also entering bilateral talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday afternoon as the North American neighbors remain in a trade war.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
North American Blue Energy Partners, led by Alejandro Betancourt, plans to dispatch more than 50 drilling rigs to the country over the next few years in an effort to turbocharge Venezuela’s crude production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
But the New York Times, citing people familiar, reports that it’s North American Blue Energy Partners, Venezuela’s second-largest private oil producer.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
But Carney directly invoked the darker, flintier aspects of North American history when he was asked on Aug. 22 whether his country was now at war.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
English, North American, French, and Dutch ships competed to supply the Caribbean plantations and buy their sugar.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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