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Example Sentences
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That match took place amid fan protests with the team being whistled at the Stade Velodrome and supporters behind the goals boycotting the opening 15 minutes of the encounter.
From Barron's
In both cases, it was hard to not admire the candor amid agony: Malinin for standing up and plainly admitting he “blew it,” Vonn for her blunt cri de cœur from her hospital bed: “I tried. I dreamt. I jumped.”
Long condemned as a traitor, Malinche is being reimagined as a brilliant Indigenous survivor whose intelligence and resilience helped shape Mexico, amid a feminist and cultural reckoning that is rewriting her place in history.
From Los Angeles Times
He described the day the recall against him qualified for the ballot amid the COVID-19 pandemic as humbling and humiliating, though it later failed by a wide margin.
From Los Angeles Times
The Scotland innings was a bright spark amid the uncertainty around how good England actually are.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
