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Example Sentences
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Fure said Kingston Cemetery, which "should be a place of natural peace, dignity, and reflection", was now home to cellophane wrappers, plastic plant pots, broken ornaments, artificial flowers, windmills and litter.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Putting up all those new data centers requires plenty of what builders call aggregate, and what the rest of us call rocks that have been broken into smaller rocks.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Within hours of carrying the first telegram across the English Channel in 1850, the earliest “submarine telegraph”—27 miles of copper wire wrapped in a rubbery substance called gutta percha—was broken by a fishing trawler.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
“That foundation was broken on Monday, and despite our attempts to engage with Scott Pelley and to find a way back, unfortunately we weren’t able to do so, and so we had to part ways.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
I moved around some crates and broken furniture and started up the stairs.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
