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Example Sentences

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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

Instead, he asserted that because the statute said only that a person could refuse to operate a vehicle and Maddin had operated the vehicle, he wasn’t protected.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

We would also have industries that are resilient because they are efficient, not because they are protected.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Seawalls protected most of the villages and towns on the Japanese coast.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland