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The Ottomans were able to dismantle the first and second Saudi states in 1824 and 1891 respectively but their own empire collapsed at the end of World War I by which time the Saudis were on their way to staging a comeback in the form of the current modern kingdom.
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Kamran Bokhari, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
By the time the British took over after World War I, only about sixty acres of fruit-bearing date orchards remained.
—Jacob Jones, JSTOR Daily, 13 Aug. 2025
Just as the original practitioners were coping with the fallout of World War I, their successors—including Diane Arbus, Yayoi Kusama, and Lee Bontecou—were responding to the societal upheavals of the Vietnam era.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2025
Lieutenant Henry Beauchamp endures the horrors of the Western Front during World War I and his reward for surviving is to marry the love of his life, the woman who kept him alive with his words, Julia.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
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Kamran Bokhari, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
By the time the British took over after World War I, only about sixty acres of fruit-bearing date orchards remained.
—Jacob Jones, JSTOR Daily, 13 Aug. 2025
Just as the original practitioners were coping with the fallout of World War I, their successors—including Diane Arbus, Yayoi Kusama, and Lee Bontecou—were responding to the societal upheavals of the Vietnam era.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2025
Lieutenant Henry Beauchamp endures the horrors of the Western Front during World War I and his reward for surviving is to marry the love of his life, the woman who kept him alive with his words, Julia.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for World War I
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“World War I.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/World%20War%20I. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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