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Example Sentences
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With nearly half the votes counted on Tuesday night, Bass had 36.5%, Pratt 29.5% and Raman 21%.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
It is the latest sign foreign luxury brands might not retain the pull -- and the cashflow -- that they counted on in the world's second largest economy in the 2010s.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
It’s also about the yearning for a more optimistic era of musical storytelling, when goodness could be counted on to prevail and a happy ending might be delayed but only rarely denied.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The German defeat at Stalingrad forced Tojo to reassess his grand strategy, which counted on a German victory over Britain and the Soviet Union.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
I hadn't counted on the beach being overrun with summer people.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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