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Example Sentences

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It seems like not a day goes by without billionaire Elon Musk making headlines - and in the future, we may be calling him a trillionaire.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

"Not from an economic perspective, but from a political perspective in terms of the right to speak out, of the people that have less and less fear every day that goes by," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

“I thought it was way too dangerous,” Zang, who goes by the pen name Sheng Xue, wrote on X. “But he actually went ahead and did it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Barely a day goes by where she doesn’t bump into former co-workers from the hospital — at the grocery store or the coffee shop or school pick-up.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

I’m not allowed to get in a car with somebody I don’t know, but Dad being the mail carrier for this part of the county, I know most everybody who goes by.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor