switch on
Example Sentences
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“We’re not pulling a bait and switch on you,” Hoover told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
The real shock comes when you try to turn the light switch on and nothing happens.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Every day, they have to switch on the generator, check the radiators and regularly clear snow from the road.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
"And I'd just switch on some gospel music, and it's through that presence I was able to be free from whatever I was going through."
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
She carried us, still giggling, into another room, where she flicked a little switch on the wall and, like magic, light flooded the space.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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