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Example Sentences

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Yes, chatbots are unusually persuasive, and writers pick up model biases without even knowing it, but the baseline isn’t some platonic ideal of a perfectly objective journalist.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Says Gemmill, “We always tell the actors, pick shoes that are comfortable because you're going to wear them all year, and pick a hairstyle that you like because you're not going to change it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He also suggested the market could wait for President Donald Trump’s pick to helm the Fed, Kevin Warsh, to lead the next rate cycle.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Physically, both Quijada and Robinson’s characters have to pick up a guitar, record it, then play the drum set and run to the bass.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Her mother would pick the leaves and dry and roast them to make tea.

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