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Example Sentences

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The time to reduce investment risk is when things feel great, not after they’ve fallen apart.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

This is why the nation’s founders instituted religious freedom — they witnessed how Europe was torn apart by wars waged between different flavors of Christianity.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

All our top players will be in their prime then, apart from Kane who will probably have retired.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Without support of a media conglomerate, for which their division is a troublesome pimple, they know the economics fall apart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Well, clearly he wasn’t the kind of person who fell apart when conversation with another human was required.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows