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Example Sentences

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The rescuers guided Gil out of his would-be tomb, onto a gurney and outside into the crush of onlookers waiting below the tropical sun, already blazing before 10 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2026

My line stuttered forward and flopped onto the water with all the stealth of a cannonball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026

To be sure, Xie is not the first TV celebrity to venture onto the concert stage.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026

Successful individuals rolled a small ball beneath the flower and then climbed onto it, a sequence of actions they had never been trained to perform.

From Science Daily • Jul. 3, 2026

He’s wearing a leather jacket with over a dozen patches sewn onto its sleeves.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold