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Example Sentences

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“I’m not a father yet, but to me, the closest thing to being an expectant father was like, ‘Oh, my TV partner has a baby on the way!’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It could give Craig Bellamy's side the chance to beat them and try and lay claim to being unofficial world champions.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Oh, and while Wall Street is claiming the stock is worth $135 a share, as recently as last October it was being valued internally at $42.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

And the organization is sanguine about AI models being trained on Wikipedia articles, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Phineas went from being "the most efficient and capable foreman" on the railroad to a man who couldn't be trusted because he couldn't get along with anyone.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman