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Example Sentences
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In the last three years, the technology giant has spent roughly $140bn in an attempt to get ahead of the AI boom.
From BBC
In 2020, he became sector chief for the El Centro region, a sleepy California stretch considered a backwater because so few immigrants attempt to cross illegally there.
Debtor-in-possession lenders holding the first bankruptcy loan have balked at putting more financing into the company, and First Brands’ other attempts at finding cash had failed.
The Foreign Ministry called the actions of the ICE officer an “attempted incursion…by ICE agents” and demanded they must “not be repeated.”
From Salon
At times, colder air has attempted to feed back into northern parts of the UK from the east, allowing any precipitation to turn wintry over higher ground in the north.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
