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Example Sentences

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"There might be lots of reasons why the animal would do that, and of course we weren't there 166 million years ago," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

About a year ago, the startup raised $100 million in a round that was led by Magnetar and AMD and valued the company at around $400 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

In the most recent quarter ended in March, Brinker’s same-store sales rose 3.3% from a year ago, down from double-digit growth last year.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Like many other Ediacaran organisms, they vanished from the fossil record at the start of the Cambrian period roughly 540 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

I had a random panic attack a couple of months ago that landed me in the emergency room, and Mom freaked the heck out.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam