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Example Sentences

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Most foreign workers arrive through private agencies or employers that usually offer little support, according to unions.

From Barron's

Thailand's economic growth slowed last year, official figures showed Monday, with the incoming government facing a struggling tourism sector and declining private and public consumption.

From Barron's

Aircraft purchases were a major component of this commitment but even a major expansion of Boeing aircraft orders -- decisions made by private airlines -- would fall far short, he said.

From Barron's

Born at home and raised in a mixed Hindu-Muslim neighbourhood shaped by quiet hardship, Dipu was, by all accounts, a private man with few friends.

From BBC

For her, private oil firms' aversion to Venezuela is a welcome barrier to that kind of resource grab.

From BBC