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Example Sentences

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Even during periods of low flow, pumps at the southern end of the delta that feed the aqueducts could operate longer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"Now it's no longer going to be able to use Lebanon as a bargaining chip."

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“Tanbreez is no longer a future project — it is a project in development.”

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Plus, it could finally force Homeland Security to change its ways, no longer insisting that its agents remain masked and unidentifiable.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

The commanding officer dismissed us and I lingered outside of his door longer than I needed to, straightening and fiddling with my uniform.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse