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Example Sentences
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And that concerns me going into this summer, when we could see big storms and wildfires and the like.
From Slate • May 21, 2026
The insatiable appetite for high-tech products could eventually bleed into popular goods such as cellphones, laptops and the like — the stuff consumers buy.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
That action was in response to news that an internal investigation at Prudential had found “multiple inappropriate cases involving improper investment solicitation and the like by current and former employees” within its Japan operations.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
The authors have the temerity to report that urban community gardens, those itty-bitty lots where neighbors grow snap peas and the like, don’t amount to a hill of beans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
We were approaching the Cotton Tree at the center of town when we saw a group of protesters run by, holding posters that read stop the killing and the like.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
