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Example Sentences

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“It’s like being around two people who need to fight. Sometimes the foreboding quiet is exhausting, and you’d rather them just yell at each other.”

From Los Angeles Times

“These are not abstract programs; rather, they are workforce practitioner-centered degrees that respond to real needs in local communities,” Todd said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

He acknowledged that not much in the report is new, but rather a compilation of complaints he and the other contributors have filed to Georgia’s State Election Board over the past five years.

From Salon

Yet this is an exception, rather than the rule.

From Salon

So the carrot approach, rather than the stick.

From BBC