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Example Sentences

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Davidson referenced a New York Times article about trouble with their business venture, but said, “I cant spend $5 on a paywall when I have a kid on the way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

"I still cant really put it down to anything specific," she tells BBC Sport.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

“Trying to do the least with the most, him being 58. and he doesn’t want to help me financially. also he turns everything on you cant take ownership for anything,” said another.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

“You cant understand it. You would have to be born there,” says the tortured Quentin in William Faulkner’s “Absalom, Absalom!”

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023

“He does it every night since Damuddy was sick and he cant sleep with her.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner