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Example Sentences
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After the post circulated, Trump held a press briefing from the Oval Office to discuss drug pricing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Some researchers considered how our most firmly held beliefs—our moral or political views, for instance—trigger rewarding, positive feelings that persuade us not to change them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He argued it was impossible to know what records were and were not held by a particular congregation or order if they controlled who could see them.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The longer a financial crisis or bear market stretches on, more autocallables held by the ETF may be at risk of losses should they expire with their maturity barriers still breached.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Then, as quickly as we could for the press of people, Betsie and I made our way to the rear of the dormitory room where we held our worship “service.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
