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Example Sentences
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The London-listed company will also be able to lift copper volumes by around 25% to 1.4 million metric tons by 2030, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
He wrote that he was having a difficult time coming to terms with not being able to do anything about it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
We might have been able to move past the language barrier if Mr. Hernández and Ms. Aikens conveyed the powerful emotion of their words with the requisite ardency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
This week, Wilcox, the UK coroner, said they had "only recently been able to make contact with the son of Ms Raj".
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
I cannot imagine why just singing together should be able to do this, but it did.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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