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Example Sentences
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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
His Chelsea career spanned 11 seasons and included four Premier League titles and a Champions League.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The few hundred in attendance spanned the full spectrum of AfD voters: young men in black bomber jackets and Lonsdale sweaters, elderly couples, barefooted hippies with braided beards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
American icon Dolly Parton, whose career as a country singer, songwriter, actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist spanned six decades, has died at age 80.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The carpenters then installed pieces of wood, called lagging, that spanned the space between two centerings.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
