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Example Sentences

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Encampment residents lug their bags onto a bus and head to their destinations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The model shows how electrically driven reactions in dust storms release chemicals into the atmosphere, where they are later redeposited onto the surface.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Both the apartments and offices are in the shadow of MIT, one of America’s universities thinking harder about how to support entrepreneurship on campus–and hold onto its students.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Reports describe last-minute efforts to hold onto the job and mounting frustration over stalled prosecutions and the handling of high-profile files tied to Jeffrey Epstein.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

He tipped some red ochre onto his palm, and spat on it.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver