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Example Sentences

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That naturally contributes to the fund’s volatility, and in the past led to a significant black eye.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

There, in black and white, we have Lucy and the football.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

A few months later, the Dutch National Cyber Security Center mailed him his bounty: a black T-shirt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Photographed by Manu Dacosse in a simple but alluring black and white, with similarly naturalistic production design by Katia Wyszkop, the film is exquisitely imagined without being self-aggrandizingly gorgeous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

His black lips were peeled back in a snarl, baring formidable white fangs.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver