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Example Sentences

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The factory would be able to convince a surety company to provide that coverage if it had a track record of financial success.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

About 100 vessels have been able to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, according to data analysed by BBC Verify in late March, about five to six ships a day.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Former Senegalese foreign minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio wrote in early February that "a hundred minutes of football will never be able to ruin a thousand years of close ties between Senegal and Morocco".

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Challenger agreed: “Being able to do something in the physical world has real protections,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Mutti told him and told him that Marlene would just keep on running, that she would be terrified, that no one would be able to catch her, except one of us.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo