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Example Sentences
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About 40% of Americans long for more closeness with friends, he says, but struggle to find time for them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
"Just a dream race, but unfortunately it was three hours too short and three hours too long for us. But that's just the way it is in racing."
From BBC • May 17, 2026
The word “nostalgia” first emerged to describe what doctors back then considered a malady, thinking it unwise to long for the past.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
It didn’t take long for the secretary of state to declare that the Brady Briefing Room was chaos.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
She did not walk for long, for an enormous white wolf appeared a few paces in front of her.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
