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Example Sentences
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It said protesters "are demanding immediate government intervention to rein in exchange-rate fluctuations and set out a clear economic strategy".
From Barron's
A cyclist who set out to recreate his father's epic round-the-world bike journey made it home just days before Christmas.
From BBC
After weeks of unsuccessfully setting out caramel- and cherry-flavored bait and noisemakers in the hopes of flushing the bear out, it seemed like all of the efforts had paid off last week.
From Los Angeles Times
The government has not given a time frame for the ban to come into effect, but said it is "committed" to banning the sport and will "set out next steps in due course".
From BBC
He convinces himself without any justification that Phineas is his enemy and “had deliberately set out to wreck” his studies by distracting him from schoolwork.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.