Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• Oct 6, 2009 ... From 1776 to 1789 the United States were a confederation; after 1789 it was a federal nation. The passage from plural to singular was ...
• "Men said 'the United States are' — 'the United States have' — 'the United States were.' But the war changed all that." The quote continues (emphasis added):.
• After World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States were the two most powerful countries left in the world. The Cold War was a period of tension between ...
• By that date, a total of 13.5 percent of all blacks in the United States were free. After that date, with the demand for slaves on the rise because of the Deep South's ...

• The United States was at first effectively neutral during World War II's early stages but began supplying material to the Allies in March 1941 through the ...
• Oct 6, 2009 ... The EU is a loose connection of independent states with a weak centralized authority, much like the United States was before the Civil War…
• "There was a time a few years ago when the United States was spoken of in the plural number," reads an article published April 24th, 1887, in The Washington ...
• Jul 3, 2009 ... I always took it for granted that the use of singular verbs with "the United States" was just one another example of the North American penchant.