How to Use news agency in a Sentence

news agency

noun
  • His nephew declared a week of mourning, the state news agency said.
    — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Mourners were forced to flee, three people in the town told the news agency.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Both vessels had fires on board, the Reuters news agency reports.
    — CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • State news agencies reported that Putin was supposed to send a wreath to one of these events.
    — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Anadolu news agency as the Capitol siege played out on television screens across the world.
    — Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency said two people on the ground died.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Lebanon’s state news agency reported four people were killed in strikes in the country’s south.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The interaction was captured on video by news agencies.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The Russian state news agency said the 64-year-old, who lived on the tenth floor, had died by suicide.
    — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Oct. 2024
  • In 2011, he was named editor at large of the Reuters news agency.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The news agency said the photo appeared to contain a tray with salmon, cucumbers, sausages and yogurt.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The soldiers on site were not injured and were safe, the German news agency dpa reported.
    — March 2, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Videos published by the state news agency showed heavy damage to the interior of the mosque and debris strewn across the floor.
    — Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Two semiofficial news agencies reported that two people were killed.
    — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The official Lebanese news agency said three people had been killed in the town of Jibsheet.
    — Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Lebanon‘s state news agency said the strike hit a motorbike and a vehicle, wounding two others.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The global news agency went on to report that two of the workers have already been discharged from the hospital.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022
  • His family confirmed his death to the Agence France-Presse news agency.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Four were treated at the scene, according to the Interfax news agency.
    — NBC News, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Tasnim, a semiofficial news agency close to Iran’s hard-liners, said limpet mines had been used in the attack.
    — Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021
  • An Iranian news agency reported at least four tanker drivers were killed.
    — Npr Staff, NPR, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The new method had the newsboys buying the papers from the news agency and collecting marked up payments from their customers.
    — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The bill still needs to pass in the Senate and lower house before going into effect, the news agency added.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The Antara news agency said the dead victims allegedly had been trapped in the burning building.
    — CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Lapid endorsed the open letter in a statement to the French news agency AFP.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 June 2026
  • The strikes killed nine people in six locations in southern Lebanon, the state news agency reported.
    — Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • The families have called for the strike to take place Sunday, according to the Reuters news agency.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Her family announced the death in a statement sent to the news agency Agence France-Presse.
    — New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Lebanon's state news agency also reported that the convent was demolished.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • Iran’s state news agency IRNA said there was no structural damage to homes in the area.
    — NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021

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