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Example Sentences

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“What I fear for is the cashier on South Greeley Highway that’s working at Safeway, that’s going to get priced out as soon as their lease comes up on their rental,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"Unless somebody comes up with a better idea, at the minute anything's better than that."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

If the Justices lose control of their docket, they’ll have more incentive to take big legal swings whenever a controversial topic comes up, because who knows when—or if—it will arise again?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

She comes up with a superior punch line, one worth delivering to an audience.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Then Mr. Burnside signals to his wife, and apparently they communicate in that telepathic way that married couples sometimes do, because she comes up behind me and gently takes the backpack.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman