true-born
Britishadjective
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As Richard Werner, the author of “Princes of the Yen”, a history of the central bank’s failures, points out, by tradition the job alternates every five years between a candidate backed by the finance ministry and a “true-born” BoJ insider.
From Economist
As a private citizen in New York, Trump discriminated against African Americans in housing rentals, campaigned for the death penalty in the notorious Central Park jogger case, and repeatedly abused Barack Obama on racial grounds, suggesting he was not a true-born American.
From The Guardian
“What greater pleasure can there be for a true-born Englishman or true-born Englishwoman than to listen to our own national anthem -a national anthem for our whole country, our whole United Kingdom,” Rees-Mogg said.
From Washington Times
"What greater pleasure can there be for a true-born Englishman or true-born Englishwoman than to listen to our own national anthem —a national anthem for our whole country, our whole United Kingdom," Rees-Mogg said.
From US News
What greater pleasure can there be for a true-born English man or true-born English woman to listen to our own national anthem?
From The Guardian
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