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Example Sentences
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Transport for London has also begun issuing fixed penalty notices to Lime and Forest for abandoned e-bikes on the capital's roads.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
While private-equity deals and asset sales are continuing the recovery begun last year, fundraising remains the weak link.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
And in recent months several companies have begun bragging about how well they are doing with this top-tier economic class.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
The state has not yet begun reporting its results.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
By now she understood that the mood in the nursery had begun to curdle, so to speak, and that the cause had something to do with her shutting of the windows.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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