How to Use the Capitol in a Sentence

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• Things got worse after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
• Or that he would be forced to fight for them in the face of violent threats and a hard shove outside the Capitol.
  — Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
• Thursday was not the first time Chappelle took an unannounced trip to the Capitol.
  — Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 30 Nov. 2023
• Trump will not appear in person at the courthouse, steps away from the Capitol crime scene.
  — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
• The staffers laid flowers in front of the Capitol steps in honor of those killed in the conflict and held a moment of silence.
  — Sabrina Siddiqui, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
• The Supreme Court is weighing two major cases this term tied to the 2020 election and the attack on the Capitol.
  — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
• The senator hired him to sweep the Capitol steps, paying him out of his own pocket.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• She was wheeled into the Capitol, looking frail and with one eye nearly closed.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2023
• About 30 activists recouped across the Capitol under the shade of trees at Wesley Bolin Plaza.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
• The statue will be the second of an Arkansas native in the Capitol, a news release states.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024
• But some continue to view what happened at the Capitol as a problem.
  — Odette Yousef, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
• What does all this mean for the Capitol riot defendants?
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
• In fact, the crowd that stormed the Capitol was overwhelmingly pro-Trump, which Gaetz had every reason to know.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
• A lot has changed since 1974 — at The Times, at the Capitol, in California politics.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
• Norm Pattis, a lawyer for Biggs, told the court Trump's role in the Capitol riot might warrant his presence as a witness for the defense in the case.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2023
• Yes, but Trump was not charged with insurrection after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
• This was after Nichols, wearing body armor and other tactical gear, had spent hours at the Capitol in the thick of the mayhem.
  — Jackie Calmes, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
• Washington had been bracing for the freakout to balloon as Democrats faced a deluge of questions from the Capitol Hill press corps.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 July 2024
• Later that night, McCarthy was seen walking out of the speaker's office, and the Capitol building, with a box under his arm.
  — Mariana Alfaro The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
• Donner was inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 when Trump supporters stormed the building.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• With the chaos inside the Capitol continuing, Trump's aides believed Trump still needed to do more.
  — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2024
• In one exchange shown to jurors, Tarrio urged his fellow extremists to stay at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
  — Michael Kunzelman, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
• Jewish Democrats led a vigil for Israel’s victims Thursday night on the Capitol steps.
  — Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• This includes tech companies, whose platforms played pivotal roles in the attack on the Capitol.
  — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
• Lawmakers on Tuesday asked Carr for answers during a state budget hearing at the Capitol about why the prison is still in use.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
• Set in the near future, the film revolves around the U.S. amid civil war, where government air strikes are used against civilians and journalists are shot on sight in the Capitol.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 13 Dec. 2023
• At the speaker’s office, where McCarthy’s name had still been out front since his ouster last week, crews were seen carting boxes and artwork out of the stately suite in the Capitol.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
• In a court filing, Blassingame, an officer of 19 years, says he was struck in the face, head, and up and down his body by Trump supporters during the attempt to breach the Capitol building.
  — Dell Cameron, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2023
• Key Background Chansley was one of the most recognizable faces of the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
  — Ana Faguy, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The former president has not been charged with inciting the Capitol riot.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024