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Example Sentences

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I wouldn't go down that line because he has got a long, long way to go but his favourite position is just behind the striker and he can drift out to the left as well.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

With 93% of the vote counted, Pratt had 25.8% of the vote, finishing third behind incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, who had 34.3%, and progressive Democrat Nithya Raman with 28.6%., the AP said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Those same stadium-linked businesses backing the billboard blight initiative are also behind some of the city’s most visible and controversial digital advertising displays on stadium properties, which have changed Inglewood’s streetscape in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Russell is in a difficult place, 68 points behind Antonelli, but it is far from unrecoverable.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

His milky brown eyes, flecked with green, peer at me from behind his thick lashes.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam