How to Use make history in a Sentence

make history

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  • The grand championship, Riles’s chance to make history, is on the line.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • It is also told through families, workers, immigrants, entrepreneurs, churches, communities, and quiet acts of sacrifice that rarely make history books but shape the nation just the same.
    Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • On Tuesday, El Tri played with an intensity that devoured Ecuador from the onset and increased the belief among Mexicans that this team could make history.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Perez wants to make history one more time, boosted by previously winning another mandate in the presidential election at the expense of younger candidate Enrique Riquelme.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • San Francisco, for one, is set to make history with this year's fireworks being conducted over the Golden Gate Bridge — an event that has only happened three times in the city's history.
    Paris Barraza, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Sunblazer Hall Sunblazer Hall will make history in Florida and become one of FIU’s signature buildings.
    Florida International University, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • Iga Swiatek’s title defense at Wimbledon ended Saturday in a 7-6 (9), 6-2 third-round loss to 21-year-old Alexandra Eala, who continues to make history for the Philippines.
    ABC News, 4 July 2026

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