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Example Sentences

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She and her husband would spend time at the river or else stroll the park where “you could meet the whole city,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

"If you owned a company that could build ocean ships better than anyone else, you would say the place to do AI is in the middle of the ocean," he quipped.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Taylor started out performing in pubs and bars, sleeping on floors and sofas with his guitar and little else, several decades before Sheeran began his career on a similar path.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

As if it took everyone else multiple tries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

She turns the page and points at something else, but I don’t see it through the fog of tears clouding my vision.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam