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Example Sentences

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Any public discussion of violence is sensitive in Mexico, where, polls show, citizens call security their most pressing concern.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The Broadview processing and detention facility has become locally and nationally famous as the subject of lawsuits, investigations and public outcry over the treatment of detainees.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Working with the FBI, Arlington police had finally solved the crime that summer through genetic genealogy, matching the killer’s DNA to relatives in a public database.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Allbirds wasn’t just the unofficial footwear provider of Silicon Valley—its initial public offering in 2021 tapped into the tech sector’s ethos by giving the company’s founders disproportionate sway in how it would be run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Certainly public arrests, with no attempt to conceal what was happening, were becoming more frequent.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom