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Example Sentences
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On cold days, they will keep their jackets on as long as possible, before “stripping” — yes, they call it that — in the starter’s hut before they race.
From Los Angeles Times
Collectively, the team's defence, which has kept opposition shuttling sideways for the past year, was suddenly full of creaks and creases for Scotland to exploit.
From BBC
In 1862, he married a Spanish Catholic lady in Algeria under Islamic law, but kept their relationship secret until his father's death seven years later.
From BBC
Paulo Noronha, a digital forensics expert from Brazil's Federal Police, demonstrated some of the lab's high-tech tools designed to keep investigators a step ahead.
From Barron's
There is a psychological toll as well as a physical one for the workers keeping the power on.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
