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Example Sentences
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Imagine police responding to a robbery by obtaining judicial permission to open every safety deposit box in a neighborhood bank, briefly inspect the contents, and determine afterward which customers seem suspicious.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
“He didn’t need to think outside the box,” Mr. Epstein writes, “so much as he needed the right box in which to work.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Rojas tripped getting out of the batter’s box in the second inning, slid hard into home plate in the fifth inning, and was hit as he took a throw at second in the sixth.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
"South Africa are going to be hard to stop. They have ticked every box in this tournament," said former Australia wicketkeeper Ryan Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
After carefully loading the box in the car, the three of them made their way to the Smiths’ house.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
