Elena
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Justice Elena Kagan wrote a forceful memorandum outlining why using the shadow docket was a bad idea.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
“The message is that Russia always wins,” said sociologist Elena Koneva, founder and sociologist at ExtremeScan Research Collective.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan seemed the most willing to read that colloquy in Pitchford’s favor.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
But what does it mean to be “subject to the jurisdiction thereof”? Elena Kagan pressed the government on its interpretation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Elena launched with the crew on October 4, 1994, the first female to take part in a long-duration flight.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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