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Example Sentences

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Hughie and Annie are expecting a daughter named Robin, for example — a reveal that left Quaid in tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

That’s why legal briefs in the case are riddled with citations to an obscure 1915 book by a Boston lawyer named Josiah Henry Benton, who argued that historians had overlooked the practice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said that while they have not been formally identified, they have been named as Aditi Vijay Paralkar, 46, Rakesh Narayan Pai, 47, and their son Sid Pai Paralkar, 9.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The newest data center, which Applied Digital has named Delta Forge 2, will be located in a different southern U.S. state.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

And so began our stay in this place that, we learned, was named Vught after the nearest small village.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom