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Example Sentences

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Simmer gently until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon but still fluid, 3–5 minutes.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

"But I feel like if I didn't come down, I was going to come back to school and have no work done," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will," he wrote on his Truth Social platform.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

College sports leaders are trying to squeeze the genie back into the bottle—witness the president’s new executive order commanding transfer and eligibility limits, among other items—but it’s hard to see the landscape changing soon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Maggie’s father had recently passed, and she and her little sister, Virginia, were temporarily living with their aunt Mabel and uncle Roy in Michigan while her mom finished nursing school back in Oklahoma.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith