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Example Sentences
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It was the first and last time Copi ever spoke to Davis, but he would go on to photograph him eight times in total.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Historic freezes in 1894 and 1895 nearly eradicated the industry, its first and last real brush with old-world calamity.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
An example of Jeff Koons’s fluorescent-lighted vacuum cleaners from his “The New” series—the first and last interesting work he made—seems almost down-to-earth next to his other glittering, stainless-steel baubles here.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
He painted "California" in early 1961, shortly before he made his first and last trip to the United States for his debut exhibitions across the Atlantic, in New York and Los Angeles, it said.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
When called to the stand, I give nothing but my first and last names.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
