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Example Sentences

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Then came the inconveniently timed rain, which suspended play for almost an hour and ground the fourth set to a halt in a fourth-set tie-break - with Norrie three points from victory.

From BBC

Brook's misdemeanour occurred before England touched ground in Australia, but it typified the slapdash approach to regaining the urn.

From BBC

But when Miel hopped off the pillar to join Zeke on the ground, he couldn’t see a bolt that was sticking out the side.

From Literature

A security official on the ground told AFP that Kurdish forces were still inside the facility on Wednesday.

From Barron's

It’s safe to say it didn’t get off the ground, although Fairyland today does house donkeys, goats, chickens and bearded dragons, among other animals, for children to meet.

From Los Angeles Times