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Example Sentences
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Rarely do they happen after a single swing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Instead of single stocks, the retail crowd has recently been favoring so-called inverse ETFs — that is, funds that allow an investor to benefit when the price of an underlying stock or index falls.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
One reason for higher surgery and other prices: Many cities and communities are now dominated by a single hospital system, partly because hospitals have been merging in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
The result meant the 29-year-old banked the £150,000 top prize and became only the third player to win in excess of £1m in a single season, after Ronnie O'Sullivan and Trump.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Some had left only a single piece of advice, while others had taken up many pages.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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