Example Sentences
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After James and his wife had difficulty conceiving, he had what he describes as an "ostrich moment"; months of burying his head in the sand while his partner went through all the checks and tests.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
The law will require annual background checks for ride-share drivers and expand the list of offenses that disqualify someone from the job.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
The finance team, consisting of a few thousand employees, last year launched an invoice-validation agent to compare vendor invoices with the contract terms to make sure everything checks out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
The counter-argument is that a genuinely capital-light platform would not need to keep writing nine-figure checks to carmakers and software developers to secure supply.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
He checks himself out in the hallway mirror.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
