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Example Sentences

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Are we about to go back to those days?

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

With AI infrastructure stocks up so much since the advent of generative AI, we have frequently seen marked selloffs around specific events as investors wonder if the “cycle is about to roll over.”

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

But you know what they say: When one door closes, a train is about to careen off the tracks and barrel right through it.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

But Brown wasn’t daunted by history, and he wasn’t about to pull his players to rest for the next game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

As I approach Aunt Tess’s house I see a figure on the stoop, a slim-built young woman, my age or maybe a little older, about to knock at the door.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse