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Example Sentences

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“We’re here to win,” May said at the outset of the tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Sigrid McCawley, a member of Lively’s legal team, said the case will now move forward on retaliation claims, which they described as its central focus from the outset.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

From the outset, the justices gave Trump’s solicitor general, John Sauer, a frosty reception.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

“Mr. Musk has admittedly done more than one thing that naysayers have called impossible at the outset so we wouldn’t necessarily count him out,” wrote the Bernstein analysts, led by Stacy Rasgon.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Yet from the outset the fascination with private detectives was mixed with aversion.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann