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Example Sentences
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The wishes are left dangling amid the tree leaves, like budding fruit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
But the Industrial Revolution left average real wages stagnating and the quality of non-wage amenities declining for four decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Three decades after he left his bar job to return to football, the German now faces what could be the toughest test of his career - to bring the World Cup back to England.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
I don’t know what the plumber did, but he left me with a new issue.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
That particular playdate had left us with something more like a corn octopus that was far too heavy to be hung.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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