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Example Sentences
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"I feel like I'm in the bubble. I don't know what's going on. I'm just very happy to be here," said Chwalinska, who was a 500-1 outsider at the start of the tournament.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
A persistent foot injury stopped the 25-year-old training and competing consistently at the start of this season, and he admitted in April that the previous six months had been the toughest of his career.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
By the end of 2025, the agency’s head count was roughly one-quarter smaller than it had been at the start of the year, according to one count.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
The proportion of the Chinese population living in urban areas swelled to around 66% as of 2024, up from 19% in 1980, at the start of China’s reform-and-opening-up era.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
He tried to remember what his aunt would say at the start of her big auditorium shows; he’d seen enough of them to at least do the monologue.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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