Example Sentences

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But if I were nominating “Camera on the wall of the Robb Elementary hallway” for the Photo of the Year award, I’d submit, instead, the freeze-frame on one officer at 12:30 p.m.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2022

The Taliban said they were nominating a new U.N. permanent representative, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, the U.N. spokesman said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021

If I were nominating for canon, I’d look at Y.A.:

From New York Times • May 14, 2020

In addition to Pennsylvania, there were nominating contests in Nebraska, Idaho and Oregon.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2018

When the States were nominating and electing delegates to the Convention of 1787, no one seems to have suggested Paine for a seat in it, nor does he appear to have aspired to one.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel