: the people of Great Britain and especially England
talked about the British
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The job even gets meta, with the British star cracking a joke about which nationalities are cast in best roles Hollywood has to offer Black talent.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
12 Oct. 2026 Prolific producer Harris is a titan of the British film and TV industry and has worked for decades on some of the most popular shows and films the country has ever produced.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2026 Rather than welcoming a landless nobody, the British public would receive a man of the highest caliber.—
Saar Shahar,
The Conversation,
12 Oct. 2026 The once iconic automaker had stripped itself down, selling only one model in the US and not a single one in the British market.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the British