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Example Sentences
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“We’ve had more extreme events earlier this summer,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
S&P 500 companies’ revenues grew 6.4% in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, the fastest pace in five years, Goldman Sachs said, excluding the energy sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Adelaide was born earlier this month at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, weighing 6lb 9oz.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Algae followed at least one billion years ago and probably emerged even earlier.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Three days earlier one of my dogs had stopped eating any of the meats I had sent for the dogs—pork, lamb, beef, liver, and dry dog food.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
