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Example Sentences

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"If it does proceed, whether Iran will allow safe passage or instead chooses to fire on escorted vessels is another open question."

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

U.S. military officials say they successfully defended their own vessels and two American-flagged ships that crossed out of the Gulf, but at least two others did get hit, causing a fire on one vessel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

On 8 May 2025, a Toyota car previously owned by the prime minister was found on fire on the same street.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The unsexy boxes that turn high-voltage grid power into the clean, redundant feed a rack of GPUs needs to avoid catching fire on a Tuesday afternoon.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

“Much as I hate to start a fire on a day like this, we have to boil water,” I told Silas.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson