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Example Sentences

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Bankruptcy is a real possibility, he said, if a refund doesn’t come by July for the $175,000 in extra tariffs he paid on imported stock for his Tampa-based luxury online retailer over the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"A win's a win, they're not easy to come by, so it's nice to get your hand in the air."

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Land, skilled construction crews, and power are becoming harder to come by.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Outside of Summers’ voluntary resignations, consequences for American politicians who appear in the Epstein files have been hard to come by.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Cinder's girlfriend—a gray-haired, lipsticked, cigarette-smoking mail woman named Miss Fran—would always come by his store to deliver letters and bills, always catching him in the middle of his jokester routines.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds