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Example Sentences

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There are scripted, story-specific beats, but the cards pulled — and the tales they tell — is, of course, randomized.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"After a couple of weeks when you are a head coach you can always pretty precisely tell which players could become a coach."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“I tell my Taiwanese friends—without much success—that you have gotten the wrong lesson from Ukraine,” Kausikan said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

If your broker is offering you stock in this IPO and you are wondering whether to participate, here are the things you should know about that Wall Street isn’t that anxious to tell you.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

“I’m saying that on the morning she’s supposed to make history, you can’t tell Rosa Parks to hail a cab.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold