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Example Sentences
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The area is dotted with smaller mines that have kept Tumbler Ridge in the coal business all along.
In New York, Duvall worked night shifts at the post office, washed dishes and kept auditioning.
From Los Angeles Times
Makhmudov, meanwhile, kept it respectful and would not be drawn into insults or predictions.
From BBC
Ethan Thornton said he got fixated on balloons at age 17—five years ago—after reading about a Google project that kept one over Puerto Rico for almost a year.
But only Jacks capitalised as Italy kept chipping away with regular wickets.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
