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Example Sentences

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Maybe Soto-Martínez and his colleagues should double down on fixing those things first and sell their message better to voters instead of picking up a new issue?

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

By targeting Iran instead of all pistachio exporting countries, it shows the policy was mainly punitive, rather than intentionally protectionist.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

It instead relied on the personal wealth of its founder, Liang Wenfeng, and profit from his hedge fund.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Participants received up to nine weeks of pembrolizumab before undergoing surgery, instead of the usual approach of surgery followed by several months of chemotherapy.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

He dreamed that Fa was alive again; but instead of a face, he had a blank white stone.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver