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Example Sentences

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The old batteries will go into a recycle bin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Scheduling this service is especially important if your AC is old or unreliable, because the last thing you need is for it to give out during a heat wave.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

Helga Monson de Kansky holds an old black-and-white photograph of herself carrying her daughter Svetlana, at top right, with fellow dancers and their children.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

He was 17 years old at the time of the offences, Miskin said, adding that young people often found it difficult to manage their emotional state.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Clare had thought Brickbane was going to relieve his bladder, but the old fox had never returned.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman