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Example Sentences
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It could also be a profit win for the companies that ate the levies, he said.
From MarketWatch
Once upon a time, though, American children ate everything.
When I worked in an office, I ate lunch more reliably than I ever did at home.
From Salon
If you ate with us, went Chipotle’s pitch, you weren’t just eating Mexican food; you were eating something that was ethical, progressive, smart and cool — the burrito version of Erewhon.
From Los Angeles Times
Then Nim ate her bread and her other banana and looked all around.
From Literature
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