How to Use the Capitol in a Sentence

the Capitol

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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
• Nine lawmakers rented rooms in a house across the street from the Capitol.
  — Alex Walters and Jack Armstrong, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 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
• Willard now guides in the Capitol Reef and Goblin Valley areas.
  — Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Footage from the Capitol shows him inside the building for less than fifteen minutes.
  — Andrea Kalin, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 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
• The statue of Bates, who helped desegregate public schools in the 1950s, was unveiled at the Capitol in May.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Sep. 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
• How did Rhodes come to create, recruit and lead the group whose name would become synonymous with the attack on the Capitol?
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 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
• In line with tradition, lawmakers will spend the entire month of August in their jurisdictions and make their way back to the Capitol after Labor Day.
  — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
• Trump responded to Biden's pardon of his son in a post on his Truth Social platform by saying that those convicted for their role in the Capitol riot should also be pardoned.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024