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Example Sentences
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Billy was born with severe life-threatening form of epilepsy that proved extremely difficult to control.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Those doses caused heart muscle cells to contract more strongly, but that effect ultimately proved less helpful.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
This was “merely a continuation of the trend toward lower inflation, partly distorted by one-off effects” and the dollar’s falls proved short-lived, Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Wrries about competition from short-form video have proved to be unfounded, in Pershing Square’s view, and Netflix has deep enough pockets to pay for the higher compute costs that could come from long-form high-quality video.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The second call proved to be that needed nudge.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
