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Example Sentences
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Football leans on tradition, providing convenient cover for the NFL’s lenient stance on smelling salts, ammonia crystals that players believe enhance performance when inhaled.
From Los Angeles Times
The issuance we have seen so far is largely covered for the next few years, given strong balance sheets.
From Barron's
The issuance we have seen so far is largely covered for the next few years, given strong balance sheets.
From Barron's
The issuance we have seen so far is largely covered for the next few years, given strong balance sheets.
From Barron's
He’d missed his shift entirely, and her sister, Molly, had to cover for him in the box office.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
