How to Use the Mideast in a Sentence

the Mideast

noun
  • Things are not going great in the Mideast.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The future of the Mideast runs through Riyadh.
    — NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Everywhere in the Mideast the bad guys have lost or are on their backs.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Israel and Iran have been archrivals in the Mideast for decades.
    — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
  • And, of course, the Mideast continues to be a big challenge.
    — CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • Even more damaging were some strange findings in the Mideast.
    — James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • This may be their first time in the Mideast, and all of a sudden this is happening.
    — Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Macron's office said the war, along with conflicts in the Mideast, would be discussed.
    — Sylvie Corbet, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • That puts all the Mideast and some of Eastern Europe in their range.
    — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • It is expected to take weeks for those Marines to arrive in the Mideast.
    — ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Sea combat in the Mideast remains risky, something the Navy knows well.
    — Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2024
  • And the key question, will the conflict spread to other countries in the Mideast?
    — CBS News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The war on Iran has had severe consequences for economies across the Mideast.
    — Npr Staff, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
  • At no point had either of them come to the swing state to discuss the Mideast conflict with voters.
    — USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Today, the Mideast looks far different.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The market surge has built since then on hopes of a resolution to the Mideast conflict.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In the end, those security forces melted away as rebel groups swept across the Mideast nation.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
  • There aren't even any aircraft carriers in the Mideast region at this moment in time.
    — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • But whether China can maintain its distance from the Mideast’s troubles is less clear.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • His immediate concern is that the world has shifted its eyes to the conflict in the Mideast.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Is a list of phrases about the Mideast now going to be needed for the potential mayor to weigh in on?
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Many tankers have been diverted to pick up cargoes elsewhere, and crossing oceans to get back to the Mideast can take weeks.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 June 2026
  • Eubank questioned what little FBR could do in the Mideast desert.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Sri Lanka was careening from crisis to crisis, then came the Mideast war.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 29 May 2026
  • But that appears to be changing amid Russia’s war in Ukraine and turmoil in the Mideast.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Amid signs of de-escalation in the Mideast conflict, oil fell on Wednesday.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Israel is the Mideast’s only democracy in a very tough neighborhood.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 May 2024
  • Miami airport just added flights to Latin America and a link to the Mideast.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
  • As a real-world demonstration of relevance, the Mideast crisis couldn’t have come at a better time.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Israel, Iran’s main rival in the Mideast, also has its own robust air defenses.
    — Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2023

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