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Example Sentences

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The rubber met the road at the Line, the horizontal mirrored skyscraper city the prince conjured for Neom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

That’s because if high-income shoppers scale back their spending, then the other horizontal lines of the “E” — the lower and middle classes — may not have enough spending power to keep the economy afloat.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

However, they are typically more expensive and less commonly used, as they require either a deep bore hole or a large horizontal system dug into the ground.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

These signals appear as very low frequency transients i.e. impulse like transition or settling signals recorded in horizontal ground motion, including both acceleration and tilt.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

Like you were the Snowy Heron and you could feel that something was wrong but you weren’t sure, because you hadn’t seen the hunter with the gun coming across the horizontal yet.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt