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Example Sentences
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Chesney is the first sitting head coach the Bruins have picked since convincing Pepper Rodgers to leave Kansas before the 1971 season.
From Los Angeles Times
The Google-backed startup operates a fully autonomous ride-hailing service in five cities and has another 12 picked out for short-term expansion.
From MarketWatch
Many teams in that spot would simply have picked one of them to be their No. 1 and focused their resources on delivering him to the title.
But some warm words for Franco, who picked Juan Carlos as his successor as head of state, caused a stir as Spain commemorated 50 years since the end of his brutal regime.
From Barron's
Just last week, her office said, nine people were picked up by masked ICE agents at worksites across Long Beach.
From Los Angeles Times
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