🇩🇪 German Vocabulary — 05 Jul 2026

"from promising a new “golden age of America” to repeating unfounded allegations of election fraud by his political opponents."

"Last May’s brief armed conflict, initiated by India, further added to frigid bilateral ties."

"“Storms bring luck to whatever the occasion,” Trump wrote on social media, as thousands reluctantly traipsed through the exits, promising to “wait it out”."

"He also rattled off figures comparing the growth in the number of health and education facilities in the province from independence to date."

"While a supposed ceasefire was announced on Friday, Israeli attacks in Lebanon continued yesterday, with a large number of casualties reported, as the Zionist state hit both the southern and eastern parts of the Arab state in apparent pursuit of its arch-foe Hezbollah."

"She broke convention in life and in music."

"Donald Trump has hailed the “unmatched achievement and unlimited potential” of the US in a triumphalist address marking the country’s 250th anniversary."

"Trump’s second inauguration ceremony in January 2025 was the first to be staged indoors since 1985, as a wave Arctic air sent temperatures tumbling to frigid levels. On Saturday, as he prepared to address the US semiquincentennial festivities in Washington, they rose above 100F (37.8C) in Washington amid sweltering conditions."

"US Secret Service agents have killed an armed man who breached the perimeter of Mar-a-Lago."

"He spoke before a vast fireworks display billed by organizers as the largest “in world history” to mark the occasion."

"On Saturday, as he prepared to address the US semiquincentennial festivities in Washington, they rose above 100F (37.8C) in Washington amid sweltering conditions."

"THROUGHOUT my life, the US has tended to look upon a small Caribbean island fewer than 100 miles south of Florida as an existential menace."

"Trump’s allies have been accused of using the anniversary celebrations to stoke, rather than heal, the country’s divisions – and turning an historically nonpartisan moment of patriotism into a political vehicle for propaganda."

"The kind of coverage provided to Maryam Nawaz, chief minister Punjab, on mainstream media was unmatched, in comparison to her counterparts elsewhere."

"Celebrations have been marred by extreme weather, including a dangerous heatwave in recent days, and a passing storm that delayed Trump’s speech."

"The president ordered a $14.7m renovation to turn the site “American Flag blue” in time for the country’s 250th birthday celebrations, an effort thwarted by a vast algae bloom that turned it green."