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Example Sentences
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A hotly contested race for Texas’ 15th congressional district has taken a strange turn: One of the candidates keeps showing up at quinceañeras.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
The sanctuary came to light during excavations carried out by the Monument Office between 2016 and 2018, and again in 2022, in Frankfurt's Nordweststadt district.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
"Just as cherry blossoms bloom when spring approaches, the Miyako Odori is a spring tradition in Kyoto," Kyoko Sugiura, head of the Yasaka Nyokoba Gakuen, a school for geishas in Kyoto's Gion district, told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
"The difference between now and 10 years ago is like night and day,", said Tin Oo, a motorbike taxi driver in Yangon's industrial district of Hlaing Tharyar.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
They marched into the gymnasium to meet their competition—Quiz Bowl teams from the five other middle schools in the district.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.