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Example Sentences

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The inferno killed 12 people, destroyed 6,500 structures across the Palisades and Malibu and caused billions of dollars in damage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

As the ecology director at the nonprofit Climate Revolution Action Network, the 20-year-old has helped put a stop to multiple data centers across New Jersey and pushed for ordinances to ban their construction altogether.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

Looking across the sector, and including European investment banks in the comparison, the U.S. investment banks are not cheap.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

The economic fallout is absorbed by families across Miami-Dade County, where the cost of survival is measured in grocery receipts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“It’s a place that has been created for Indigenous people across Turtle Island,” her moshom said.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith