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Example Sentences

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Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation into the dumping of thousands of tonnes of rubbish in a field in Oxfordshire.

From BBC

"It's all about the people who lived in these areas going back thousands of years and we can start writing the stories about their lives and what they can tell us."

From BBC

Afterward, Frey told reporters he thinks the “tide is turning right now, and the people that deserve the credit are the tens of thousands of Minneapolis and Minnesota residents.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The plan is to pump thousands of tonnes of climate-warming CO2 into the old oil field.

From BBC

The Chinese government has also brought tens of thousands of its citizens who were working in scam compounds back to China to face trial.

From BBC