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The classic check pattern, two colors of the same hue in a basketweave, was popularized by the English and the Dutch in the 18th and 19th centuries and quickly became the epitome of countryside quiet luxury that continues to charm designers to this day.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
The hobby became a business, taking him from the English Channel to Florida and Australia.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025
According to a September Instagram post from the English train service, a passenger recently informed a conductor, named Mark Walsh, that there was a single crustacean in a first-class seat.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
As of Thursday morning, open-source maritime tracking websites showed the Pushpa sailing southwest through the North Sea toward the English Channel, with its eventual destination listed as Vadinar in India.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
The hobby became a business, taking him from the English Channel to Florida and Australia.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025
According to a September Instagram post from the English train service, a passenger recently informed a conductor, named Mark Walsh, that there was a single crustacean in a first-class seat.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
As of Thursday morning, open-source maritime tracking websites showed the Pushpa sailing southwest through the North Sea toward the English Channel, with its eventual destination listed as Vadinar in India.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the English
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“The English.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20English. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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