Examples of World War II in a Sentence
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In Michigan, magnet fishermen have found everything from guns, motorcycles, pipe bombs, pocket knives and World War II artifacts, CBS Detroit reported.
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CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
Launched in 1956 to foster unity after World War II, Eurovision has become a campy, feel-good celebration of pop music with an audience of hundreds of millions around the world.
—Jill Lawless, Fortune Europe, 24 Apr. 2024
Plane was a military aircraft The Federal Aviation Administration identified the plane as a Douglas C-54 while troopers referred to it as a DC-4, a military aircraft known to have been used during World War II.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Over the next decade, Lee would fly planes in both China and the U.S., becoming one of just two Chinese Americans accepted into the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II.
—Susan Tate Ankeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Williams points out that antisemitism didn't end in Germany immediately after the Allied victory in World War II but rather took decades of purposeful dialogue, lessons and political will.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
Since the end of World War II, wars between states have sharply declined, but conflicts involving nonstate armed groups have risen.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The appointment to the unit is especially sentimental because Queen Camilla’s late father, Major Bruce Shand, served with the 12th Lancers during World War II and received two Military Crosses, including for gallantry in battle.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
After World War II, Dickies took the brand international, introducing its work wear line into the European market.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
Launched in 1956 to foster unity after World War II, Eurovision has become a campy, feel-good celebration of pop music with an audience of hundreds of millions around the world.
—Jill Lawless, Fortune Europe, 24 Apr. 2024
Plane was a military aircraft The Federal Aviation Administration identified the plane as a Douglas C-54 while troopers referred to it as a DC-4, a military aircraft known to have been used during World War II.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Over the next decade, Lee would fly planes in both China and the U.S., becoming one of just two Chinese Americans accepted into the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II.
—Susan Tate Ankeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Williams points out that antisemitism didn't end in Germany immediately after the Allied victory in World War II but rather took decades of purposeful dialogue, lessons and political will.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
Since the end of World War II, wars between states have sharply declined, but conflicts involving nonstate armed groups have risen.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The appointment to the unit is especially sentimental because Queen Camilla’s late father, Major Bruce Shand, served with the 12th Lancers during World War II and received two Military Crosses, including for gallantry in battle.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
After World War II, Dickies took the brand international, introducing its work wear line into the European market.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
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