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Example Sentences
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Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a black hole and a neutron star collided while moving along an oval shaped orbit instead of the near perfect circles scientists usually expect before such mergers.
From Science Daily
I pull a few more train tracks out of the box and start building a little circle next to his lopsided oval track.
From Literature
His face was flat and oval and his eyes were gentle.
From Literature
Over the past two weeks inside the Milan oval, he has grabbed two gold medals and a silver—and he may not be done yet.
“The problem with an oval table is there’s an implicit hierarchy between people sitting at the center and people sitting at the edges,” said Knot.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
