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Example Sentences

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“But for the truckers, it’s not bringing any happiness.”

From Los Angeles Times

Karol G turned heads not just for being a young woman in a hypermasculine genre, but for how she both mastered and expanded the genre from the moment she emerged in it.

From Los Angeles Times

But for a journalist, being recruited by the New York Times is like being drafted: You don’t have much choice but to go.

From Los Angeles Times

The usually sleepy Laotian capital Vientiane has an uncharacteristic buzz, bedecked with flags and T-shirt vendors ahead of commemorations of 50 years of communist rule Tuesday, but for many young people history carries little weight.

From Barron's

But for Norris it was more complicated.

From BBC