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Example Sentences
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In large part that came from the city’s decadeslong failure to grow, which meant that undeveloped land—miles and miles of it, grazed by cattle—lay within a few minutes’ drive of downtown KCMO.
The crew blow-torched the fasteners and released the cables that held the crane to the ship, while workers on land laid temporary rails across the wharf.
It was what lay ahead that worried me:
From Los Angeles Times
Modi expects 2026 to be another tough year, but believes that companies that lay out the most realistic targets will be the best performing stocks.
From Barron's
King's victory over former Wimbledon champion Riggs - a 55-year-old self-proclaimed chauvinist - was a landmark moment in the fight for gender equality and laid the path for equal pay at the top of the game.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
