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Example Sentences
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As he walked up to the door, he checked over his shoulders to see if he was being watched, and he hoped his parents would still be waiting for him inside.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Having driven to a safe distance, "I pulled over, and I was just in shock and started to shake", he said, although he was reassured after an ambulance crew checked him over.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
It’s a long way from where the company started, with Yancopoulos growing his first cells in one-liter bottles checked and fed by hand every 12 hours, on homemade wooden roller machines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
"We had already packed suitcases just in case, but they gave us only two minutes and carefully checked that nobody was still inside the house," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
As each long featureless day crawled to a close, I checked off another square.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
