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Example Sentences
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She was similarly coy when asked if being number one for the first time was on her radar.
From Barron's
Despite the homes lacking running water and being far from shops, schools or hospitals, new resident Arefa Ibrahimi said she was happy "because this house is mine, even if all the basic facilities aren't there".
From Barron's
The relative fled Iran years ago after being badly injured at an antiregime protest.
The idea of history being celebrated and preserved courses through “Once Upon a Time in Harlem,” a conversational documentary belatedly assembled from a 1972 gathering of Harlem Renaissance giants at Duke Ellington’s apartment.
From Los Angeles Times
Marc Prokosch, a lawyer representing the family, said the boy and his father were being held at a detention centre in San Antonio, Texas.
From BBC
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