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Example Sentences
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“My service has spanned both Republican and Democratic administrations. I am not a politician, and I have no partisan loyalties,” he said.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
He describes Casablancas and Co. as the last in a lineage of quintets that, collectively, have spanned five decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
She went on to enjoy a lengthy career that spanned TV, radio and film and was perhaps best known for playing Dr Beatrice Mason in the 1980s BBC wartime TV drama Tenko.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In 2023, Ken Salazar, then the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, said there were at least 200 tunnels that spanned the border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
To get to the boardinghouse, they’d have to cross a little iron footbridge that spanned the river, but Coram didn’t go that way.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
