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Example Sentences

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The exposed radiator beneath Dodd’s window on East Second Street stars in a trio of still lifes that incorporate an oval mirror to contain shifting vantage points.

From New York Times

But during severe storms, these particles can travel farther from the poles, expanding the auroral oval to encompass more of the globe.

From Scientific American

Their visages are indistinct and can be nothing more than ovals of blotchy paint.

From Washington Post

When Balarama Heller got married last month in Tepoztlán, Mexico, a town known for reported U.F.O. sightings, he noticed one night a fiery oval shape hovering over the mountains.

From New York Times

The latter is an oval incised with looping patterns whose regularity contrasts the piece’s rough-edged base.

From Washington Post