Example Sentences

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He socked a booming double into the left-center field gap.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Then again, another $13.1 billion was socked away in U.S. money-market funds in the past week, bringing the sector’s assets under management to $7.7 trillion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

Vietnamese savers have socked away around 400 tonnes of the precious metal at home, according to government auditors.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

CJ Abrams socked a two-run home run in the seventh off Dodgers reliever Jack Dreyer, his second in as many games.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2025

But Boston was socked in, so the plane flew straight to Frankfurt from Philadelphia.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut