: the people of Great Britain and especially England
talked about the British
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The policy is making the British glass industry more expensive than the cheap imports from China and Turkey which are flooding the market.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
21 Sep. 2026 Ironically, the British school uniform has entirely humble origins.—
Eva Wolchover,
Vanity Fair,
21 Sep. 2026 The details were included in the British government’s Defense Nuclear Enterprise 2026 Annual Update to Parliament.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2026 With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle back in the UK, the expectation is that the British public will see a lot more of them.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the British