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Example Sentences
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The UAE's foreign ministry denied that the shipment contained weapons and expressed "deep regret" at the Saudi statement.
From BBC
The rift is an unwelcome complication as the U.S. works to keep Iran contained and persuade Tehran to give up its nuclear program.
The latest batch of reports — turned over to The Times on Dec. 1 — contained allegations of improper actions involving Environmental Chemical Corp., the primary federal contractor, and the dozens of debris-removal crews it supervised.
From Los Angeles Times
They contained multiple types of neural cells normally found in the brain's prefrontal cortex, a region involved in higher-level thinking.
From Science Daily
She didn’t think it was out of the ordinary, given the fire had just been contained a few hours earlier.
From Los Angeles Times
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