Sumter
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He uses Sumter County - one of the three in which the Villages sits - as an example to illustrate why.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
“The Marble Faun” was published in 1860, a year before Confederate guns fired on Fort Sumter, and seven years after the author’s college friend, President Franklin Pierce, appointed him U.S. consul in Liverpool, England.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
“Our state needs leaders who will fight for equity, opportunity, and dignity for all, not those who rely on empty gestures to mask the absence of meaningful policy and progress,” Sumter said.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025
Passover begins this year on April 12, the 164th anniversary of the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter, which ignited the American Civil War.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2025
She spent most of her time in her cabin, studying the bronze map she’d retrieved from Fort Sumter, or looking up information on Daedalus’s laptop.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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