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Example Sentences

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Either way, Emma has backed herself into a corner and hopes that honesty and context will be her saving grace.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

"Suddenly everything just falls silent and the Pope just walks around the corner," Clark says, explaining a "sense of calmness" overcame him.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

At the start of the decade, EVs occupied a small but fast-growing corner of the U.S. auto market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

On the high end of the spectrum, the infamously expensive Chevron on the corner of Alameda Street and East Cesar Chavez Avenue in Chinatown is charging more than $8.70 a gallon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

He’s sitting at the small table in the corner of his room, the Scrabble board already set up, waiting for me, his lunch dishes pushed to the side.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam