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Example Sentences
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With nearly half the votes counted on Tuesday night, Bass had 36.5%, Pratt 29.5% and Raman 21%.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
It is the latest sign foreign luxury brands might not retain the pull -- and the cashflow -- that they counted on in the world's second largest economy in the 2010s.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
It’s also about the yearning for a more optimistic era of musical storytelling, when goodness could be counted on to prevail and a happy ending might be delayed but only rarely denied.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Still, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other entrepreneurs shouldn’t presume that people of superior virtue will always be in charge and can be counted on to do the right thing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Though we counted on getting plenty of fish and wild game, we had a wooden grub box full of staples.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
