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Example Sentences

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Suzanne has taken her mother, in her 80s, to A&E in the East Midlands five times this year.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

"However, we regret that proactive measures taken to prevent secondary damage and explanations based on clear facts regarding last year's data breach were not sufficiently reflected" in the commission's decision, it said.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Olsen: You’ve often mentioned in the past, it’s a phrase I’m very taken with, “stretching culture,” expanding the idea of what’s possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

After I laid eyes on the current Oval Office, photos of the former version looked to me as if they were taken in a chain hotel suite, and not a particularly plush one.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Instead of a side view, this is a slice of the brain taken head-on.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman