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Example Sentences
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James kept his typical first-quarter pattern of playing roughly the first six minutes, sitting for three, then returning for the final three.
From Los Angeles Times
He became a mentor to me over the past decade and we kept in touch.
Liew temporarily signed up for government food assistance, kept a tight budget and later started working part time for an artificial-intelligence startup so he could continue to afford rent in a Boston suburb.
But a law firm conducted a second probe when complaints kept coming, and Freixe was fired without pay in September.
It was only after assurances that their identities would be kept anonymous that some men agreed to be interviewed, speaking in hushed tones.
From BBC
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