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Example Sentences
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“If there are no major fires in the Boulder area, it is possibly at least going to be in part because these excellent weather forecasts regarding the upcoming event allowed the utilities to take preemptive action and prevent those branches and trees that might fall on power lines from igniting the fires,” Swain said.
From Slate
“All of this will either rise or fall on effective disarmament,” said Daniel Shapiro, a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council and former U.S. ambassador to Israel under the Obama administration.
Our experience of Christmas past should tell us that it's rare to see snow actually fall on Christmas day - and getting rarer.
From BBC
The towering Sierra Nevada range stops moisture from coming in from the Pacific, causing most rain to fall on the other side of the mountains.
From Los Angeles Times
However, “the near-term financial impact will primarily fall on issuing banks, which earn interchange revenue,” Bhatia noted.
From MarketWatch
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