How to Use news agency in a Sentence

news agency

noun
Definition of news agencynext
  • Unidentified sources also told the news agency that the ministry was weighing new rules that would make business with China less attractive.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Kyodo news agency found that 70% of respondents thought the government was spending too much, and police pushed back against thousands of angry protestors outside the event today.
    — Quartz, 2 Oct. 2022
  • While Hailie didn’t share one, other news agencies did.
    — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
  • There had been a scramble to determine the right size of the hat, Russia’s RIA news agency reported.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Video footage from the Reuters news agency on Tuesday showed people leaving parts of Rafah, some on foot and others on carts, as the sound of blasts and gunfire echoed through the streets.
    — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 28 May 2024
  • All of the monks have since been sent to a health clinic for drug rehabilitation, Thintapthai told the news agency.
    — Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The dead included four children, the Press Trust of India news agency said, adding that 75 people were rescued.
    — Ashok Sharma, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2023
  • According to the Yonhap news agency, Lee was found with a charcoal briquette in his passenger seat and was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • In Lebanon, Israeli aircraft struck towns and villages overnight, according to Lebanon’s state news agency.
    — Susannah George, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Bjerregaard got his start in journalism, working on the sports desk at a Danish news agency.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Andrés told the Reuters news agency, noting that his team’s vehicles were clearly marked.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Fars News, a state news agency, reported at the time wrote that the missiles had been surface-to-surface and added that the location of launch was the western city of Kermanshah.
    — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • One person was killed in an attack on the Starobeshevskaya power plant, according to Tass, a Russian state news agency.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The Russian health ministry said 24 people had been injured, the Tass state news agency reported.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Police and a medical team treated Nasseri but were not able to save him, an airport spokesperson told Agence France-Presse news agency.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Gilman had gone to Russia to study and obtain citizenship, his lawyers told Russian state news agency Tass.
    — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
  • On Wednesday, police and the national guard raided a huge warehouse on the outskirts of Moscow, according to the state news agency Tass.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
  • An Israeli drone struck a car in a Lebanese village three miles from the border, killing four civilians, Lebanon’s state news agency reported Sunday.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Germany had a team of more than 50 rescuers waiting near Cologne-Bonn Airport but sent them home, news agency dpa reported.
    — Sam Metz and Mosa'ab Elshamy, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The sentences can be appealed, according to state news agency IRNA.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Xinhua, the main official news agency, issued a glowing tribute to Mr. Jiang.
    — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Wafa, the Palestinian news agency, reported that at least seven Palestinians had been killed overnight in Rafah and dozens more wounded.
    — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Russia will begin delivering grain to Africa with the next month and a half, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Putin sent a personal message of congratulations to his troops in the city, state news agency Tass reported.
    — Geir Moulson, Kerstin Sopke, Illia Novikov and Barry Hatton The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The death rate from omicron is around 0.1%, similar to the common flu, and the infection rarely reaches the lungs, Zhong Nanshan was quoted in an interview with state news agency Xinhua.
    — Fortune, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The Yonhap news agency reported that a private funeral was held for Lee shortly after his death.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Domodedovo airport, south of the city, halted flights for more than two hours, and Vnukovo airport, southwest of the city, stopped flights for more than two and a half hours, according to Russian news agencies.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The official Palestinian news agency reported that Zakaran was on her house roof and found dead after the Israeli troops withdrew from Jenin.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The photo was obviously taken from a distance, and it was distributed by the celebrity news agency Backgrid.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Most of the building is engulfed in fire and the roof partially collapsed, Russian news agency Interfax reported.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024

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