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Example Sentences

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But gale force winds led to the crew and tugboats having to evacuate and the ship was left to ride out the storm for several hours.

From BBC

However, Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham, who will represent one of the US teams, was left yearning for the All-Star Games of his youth and felt the formula did not need to be changed.

From Barron's

"We know it will be difficult, there's a lot of matches left... We're not getting carried away. We keep going."

From Barron's

The natural choice to take over, his son and daughter, left for college and now work in corporate fields.

From The Wall Street Journal

By then expats had left China in droves, many of them saying too much had changed.

From BBC