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Example Sentences
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Although the weapons found with the vessel were typical of the time and widely used across Northern Europe, researchers have long struggled to pinpoint exactly where these warriors originated or when they built the boat.
From Science Daily
The ceremony has long served as a counterpoint to the Oscars: looser, more unpredictable, typically mounted in a beach tent by the Santa Monica Pier.
From Los Angeles Times
This autumn, Germany's Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance warned for the first time since the Cold War that war is no longer "unlikely".
From BBC
His loyalty to the Kim regime faded not long after his first Google searches.
Its sweaters, stitched on long production lines, retail in shops across the US and Europe.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.