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Example Sentences
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Max Verstappen took his and Red Bull's first win of the year with a dominant drive in a dramatic Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia that started amid chaotic and unprecedented scenes.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The contract was put on hold following questions raised in Congress, amid a review of federal funds allocated for this purpose.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
With California’s coast getting pounded by strong waves amid a strengthening El Niño, residents and city leaders are turning to big rocks and seawalls to protect homes and keep railroads from falling into the sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Investors are paying attention to the jobs numbers amid a broad selloff in the bond market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
People were moving about amid this destruction, picking out a rag here, a bundle there, hugging those things that they thought to be theirs, moving haltingly and with a kind of despair about them.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
