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Example Sentences

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Instead of a caregiving crisis bringing families together out of shared love for an ailing parent, it’s tearing many of them apart.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

Relatedly, it has seemed Pinterest always has an area of advertiser demand that’s ailing just enough to curb growth.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Bank Indonesia already delivered an emergency rate hike to bolster the ailing rupiah, and markets will be keen to see if it does so again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Four years ago, McCullum swaggered into Lord's and breathed life into an ailing England team.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Then Breashears offered his expedition’s supply of oxygen—fifty canisters that had been laboriously carried to 26,000 feet—to the ailing climbers and would-be rescuers on the Col.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer