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Example Sentences

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The US Constitution explicitly bars the establishment of any official religion, but the expression of any is also explicitly protected.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Gray wolves are a federally protected endangered species and illegal to kill in California.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

This is possibly because household domestic energy bills have been protected.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

But there is significant and respected scholarship that goes much further and holds that the Constitution is a pro-slavery, and pro-Southern, document which protected that vile institution.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

The bearish boy swung his stick at the charging badger, but the weapon swept right through her, protected as she was by the Afterlife against those who meant her harm.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman