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Example Sentences
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They are tied for the third-most 20-point losses in the league, yet somehow are still clinging to fifth in the Western Conference standings.
From Los Angeles Times
This is the paradox of dancing in the age of short-form video: Even as slick choreographed routines proliferate on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube, spawning mimics and viral trends, more concertgoers are standing still.
"And I remember getting off the train and my mother looking at me and saying, 'why is your hair standing on end?', and 'why is the button missing from your coat?'," she added.
From Barron's
Support for the PDCI, the country's oldest party, slumped in the legislative elections, while it did not put up a presidential candidate in October after its leader Tidjane Thiam was barred from standing.
From Barron's
The teams still standing in the College Football Playoff run operations that rival any NFL organization.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
