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Example Sentences

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The CDC and the state health department opened an investigation and later published a report that found that when the parents declined the shot, their awareness about the risk of bleeding was “incomplete or absent.”

From Salon • May 7, 2026

“I just sat there, and when I got home I opened it and there was her award,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The charges were released after a sweeping inquiry opened public hearings into Australia's deadliest mass shooting for 30 years.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

When I opened Instagram last week, I was met with yet another Kalshi ad.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Smoke poured through a small circular window, which had just been opened.

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