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Example Sentences

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What makes it funny, Katie says, is seeing the girl's friend hovering in the background, seemingly annoyed at how long the pair's conversation is taking.

From BBC

"The fact that the prime minister is now a woman, someone with a different background from what people are accustomed to, creates a feeling that something is shifting," she told Nikkei Asia.

From BBC

He hired her and, she says, wanted a commissioner with a background in online safety, but also experience in the tech sector itself.

From BBC

"All of our success has been with the other helmet - for me this is the tiniest little thing in the background," Wyatt said.

From BBC

Casting its relentless sunshine as a background character, coaxing neighbors out of their shells and into verdant parks and yards and onto their manicured streets, is part of that.

From Salon