How to Use Navajo in a Sentence
Navajo
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Leaphorn is brought there in a race against time to find a missing Navajo girl.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
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Navajo Fire has been burning on private land.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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This includes hand crews and the Navajo Hotshot team on the ground.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2026
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Known as the Navajo class, these are built for towing, rescue and salvage work.
—Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 31 Aug. 2023
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Access to the canyon floor requires a Navajo guide or permit.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026
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On the bright side, one company struck it rich on the Navajo Nation.
—Michael Braga, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
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About 20% of the movie was Navajo Code Talkers.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
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And one of the–one of the things that will help me is taking the bar exam for the Navajo Nation.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 2 July 2025
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The Navajo sought to have the child placed with a distant relative, who lives on a reservation.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 15 June 2023
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But in this season, Joe does what Navajo people call seeking a balance or a peace of mind.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
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The one-room structure features special touches like Navajo rugs and a weaving loom.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2025
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The room is lined with hanging Navajo rugs, prominent among the souvenirs that few will peruse this fall.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
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Reynolds later joked that not a lot of people saw his own Western films, with names like Navajo Joe.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2023
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Young said some of the most remote parts of the Navajo Nation are a half hour or more away from a polling place or ballot drop box.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
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The Navajo Nation now says its members should have the right to profit off of those fossil fuels.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
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The family said more jails, even a prison system on the Navajo Nation, is needed.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
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This hike is commonly combined with the Navajo Loop for a stellar three-miler.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
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The shipments were short-lived early on after the Navajo Nation raised concerns about it.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 11 Nov. 2025
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The Navajo, Manzanita and Ruffin canyons are on the list of places to tackle.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
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How a solar eclipse threw a remote Utah town — and its Navajo workforce — into crisis.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
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The couple prefer to speak in Navajo, so their daughter-in-law translated for Wilbur.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 29 Apr. 2023
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The factory was meant to help address the Navajo Nation's need for housing.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
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Seigler was called up from the minors July 1 and is only the second Navajo to play in the big leagues.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Hikers can treat it as an out-and-back or combine it with the Navajo Loop for a longer route through some of the park’s most photographed scenery.
—Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
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The Brackeens were a white couple who had adopted a Navajo boy and wanted to adopt his half sister, too.
—Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
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For a group of teens cooling off at Navajo Reservoir recently, this is simply the new normal.
—Rj Sangosti, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
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Pete is the first member of the Navajo Nation to sign with an NFL team.
—Marissa Armas, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
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Both districts are located on the Navajo Nation.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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The Navajo tacos on fry bread and chile rellenos smothered in green sauce at the beloved breakfast and lunch stop Viola’s shouldn’t be missed.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2023
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The Navajo Nation, in the northeastern part of the state, does observe daylight saving time.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2026
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