How to Use tribe in a Sentence

tribe

noun
  • Other tribes saw clashes over the search for idols or even the mere idea that someone could be searching for them.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The tribe finally got the site restored after a new county recorder took office.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Only two tribes enjoy privileged status, including the one that happens to run the country.
    Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Allen declined to give specifics on sports gaming revenue in Florida on the basis that the tribe is a sovereign nation.
    Contessa Brewer,jessica Golden, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The paper said Woodbury examined six samples taken from Ute tribe members.
    Sheila McCann, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Adams then submitted travel reimbursement requests to the Warm Springs tribe for the travel.
    oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Advertisement Soto is optimistic about restoration plans, which the tribes have helped to develop along with state and federal agencies.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • And now this: a dispiriting history of industry and environmental injustice, much of it still tied to that same ruling tribe, comes rapidly into view.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2022
  • These views, of course, are shared by tens of millions of people who've absorbed the same deluge of disinformation, and who've bought into the deadly notion that the other tribe gets shots, and ours doesn't.
    William Falk, The Week, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Foxwoods made the Pequots the richest tribe in the country for a time, and by 1998 many members were earning more than a quarter of a million dollars a year from it.
    Daniel Immerwahr, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
  • Even the timber for the lattice ceiling was sustainably sourced within 300 miles of the airport, in partnership with four of the region's Indigenous tribes.
    Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The job is not to contact the tribes but to protect them.
    Jack Nicas, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The land that made up Section 14 was owned by the Agua Caliente tribe.
    Armando Garcia, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • How did Danny convince the rest of the tribe to get rid of her?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Why was Ryan so averse to spending more time with the tribe?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • By the end of the decade, every tribe would win the right to casino gambling.
    Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The fee is assessed after the tribe pays the state about $20 million.
    Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The book picks up the mythology of the Dogon tribe of Mali in West Africa.
    Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2023
  • So also on the list is a tribe called Quest, rage against the machine.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
  • So, Carter had to figure out new ways to make each tribe feel unique.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Many refugees from Myanmar are part of the Chin tribes, which share ethnic roots with the Kukis.
    Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • This year, the tribe plans to have five new solar projects active by May.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The tribe will then seek to set up trusts for those properties, too.
    Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • If that is not possible, the child should be placed with a member of their tribe.
    Susan Young, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • At least 37 Native tribes and nations have historic ties to the land.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
  • The tribe has spoken, and once more Ryan Medrano is a winner.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Without a settlement, the tribes would be at the mercy of courts.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 24 May 2024
  • People that might be safe in a full tribe were all of a sudden in danger.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Pocknett, 62, is a member of the tribe best known for feeding the Pilgrims.
    Time, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Salmon heads, fins and tails filled baking trays in the kitchen where Lottie Sam prepped for her tribe’s spring feast.
    oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2022

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