event

Example Sentences

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The massive event is expected to require an array of services, including trash pickup, bus service, street closures, park maintenance, drinking water stations and building inspections of temporary Olympic structures.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The first lady recalled that she met Epstein alongside Trump, at an event in 2000.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Stojsavljevic only took her GCSEs last summer, and was sitting exams in the same week she competed at the WTA event in Nottingham in June.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Goldman thinks high prices could last throughout the year in the event that the cease-fire doesn’t hold.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

We’re supposed to write about some event that made us happy or sad or scared or angry.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko