Examples of boat people in a Sentence
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Hello, boat people!
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2021
Then as the boat people escaped, peaking in 1978 and 1979, the temple grew, moving to their pagoda on Cherry Street.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2022
In his first week of office, his first two decisions were: 1) to approve a Mossad operation to rescue Ethiopian Jews, and 2) to direct the Israeli navy to rescue the Vietnamese boat people.
—Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
Her maternal grandparents, boat people on the Yangtze River, had begun one day with eight children on the boat and at the end of the day counted seven.
—The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
The boat people where rescued from their sinking ferry in international waters and remain onboard the ship which is anchored off Christmas Island.
—Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021
Then came Vietnam and the exodus of hundreds of thousands of boat people after the fall of Saigon.
—New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021
Darren had successfully reached the water’s edge and was thus in earshot of the boat people.
—Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
Among the voluntarily naked British citizens on the beach, the first thing observed was that the boat people had no bags.
—Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2021
Then as the boat people escaped, peaking in 1978 and 1979, the temple grew, moving to their pagoda on Cherry Street.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2022
In his first week of office, his first two decisions were: 1) to approve a Mossad operation to rescue Ethiopian Jews, and 2) to direct the Israeli navy to rescue the Vietnamese boat people.
—Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
Her maternal grandparents, boat people on the Yangtze River, had begun one day with eight children on the boat and at the end of the day counted seven.
—The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
The boat people where rescued from their sinking ferry in international waters and remain onboard the ship which is anchored off Christmas Island.
—Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021
Then came Vietnam and the exodus of hundreds of thousands of boat people after the fall of Saigon.
—New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021
Darren had successfully reached the water’s edge and was thus in earshot of the boat people.
—Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
Among the voluntarily naked British citizens on the beach, the first thing observed was that the boat people had no bags.
—Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
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“Boat people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boat%20people. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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