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Example Sentences
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As a young adult, she enjoyed what appeared to be a happy marriage to Charles “Handsome Charlie” Eldredge, a doting bank cashier, before tragedy struck, and struck again.
Once upon a time, he lived out his starving artist fantasies abroad before putting that aside to join the family business.
From Salon
In contrast, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!” diverges from television’s holiday tradition of genuflecting before Hollywood history and its long-accepted and outdated vision of what religious figures look like.
From Salon
Senegal paraded the Africa Cup of Nations trophy before Saturday's friendly match against Peru at Stade de France - despite being stripped of the title earlier this month.
From BBC
Josh Simons quit on 28 February after facing claims that the think tank he used to run before he became an MP commissioned a report that looked into journalists' backgrounds.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
