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Example Sentences

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"Error 404. Page not found" flashed on to my screen.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The regenerative farming ideas are hardly new, even on screen: “Groundswell” is the third in a trilogy by the Tickells, following “Kiss the Ground” and “Common Ground.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

To see Travolta’s latest films on your screen, you’d have to scroll into the dead zone of a streamer’s catalogue.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

When the war ends and Skyline Studios buys the screen rights to Horace’s life story, Aaron follows Horace to Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

I stare at the minutes ticking by on the screen, the call still in progress, but when I hold it up to my ear there’s only static.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith