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Example Sentences

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The right to strike is still protected in national laws, argued Yip, and does not need to be enshrined in "boilerplate norms, imposed at the highest level".

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Earnings of the company’s public-transport segment are protected by indexed fare pass-through mechanisms, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"They were failed by a system that should have protected them."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

County Fire Dept. “adequately protected all the communities.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

It was frightening now to see the walls disappearing—the walls that could have protected them from whoever or whatever was marching toward them.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix