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Example Sentences

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A Yosemite National Park spokesperson would only confirm the date of the incident, that it involved a 23-year-old man and that the agency is investigating.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

The statute says that there is no judicial review, but only with respect to the DHS Secretary’s determination of whether a country deserves a TPS designation or not.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

However, economists generally expect inflation to fall, if only gradually.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

"There's no cameras or anything. Since you don't know what went on in there we've only got their word for it," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Dr. Harlow says that after Phineas leaves Boston in 1850 he gets information about his former patient only from Phineas's mother.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman