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Example Sentences
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Mixue is the largest food chain in the world, with over 50,000 locations, but it’s hardly known in the U.S.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Applications for foreign citizenship have reportedly exploded over the past couple of years, for reasons I hardly need to explain.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
But that’s hardly surprising, and tells us little about the true underlying sentiment on Wall Street.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
What if we are as bad as the Euros when we were probably the worst team there hardly any shots on target?
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Daisy had me so shaken up by now, I hardly knew what to believe.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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