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Example Sentences

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"I'm very sad that avalanche covered the school," one child wrote, addressing the letter to a teacher they didn't know had already been killed.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

His mother was a teacher and his father worked in the port.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

In a cover letter from the American teacher, dated three days after the disaster, she wrote: "Please convey to your children's parents our heartfelt feelings of compassion."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

When Kekoa Gittens was 3, his preschool teacher told his mother he was a problem.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The campus crowd was already thinning out, and I didn’t want another teacher delaying my dinner any further with questions about why I’d lingered after the last recap.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin