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Example Sentences
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The scene is a giant movie screen broken up in sections and upon which is projected witty, fantastical background animation, while the characters are the live singers, dressed as though silent film stars.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Within hours of carrying the first telegram across the English Channel in 1850, the earliest “submarine telegraph”—27 miles of copper wire wrapped in a rubbery substance called gutta percha—was broken by a fishing trawler.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
“Market-implied break-evens have not broken out to levels that would signal a loss of confidence in the Fed’s 2% target.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
SpaceX was founded in 2002, and has since broken new ground for private space flight.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Day had broken, a sullen gray sky spitting snow.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
