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Example Sentences

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‘The last thing somebody in college or just starting out needs to be doing is to overspend chasing rewards.’

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

“The last thing we need is to have a pole fall onto someone or something if there are high winds,” the bureau’s Clinton Tsurui wrote in the June 4, 2025, email.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

In a way, Russell's decision to finally admit he is struggling might be a good thing.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

We need not admire him politically to agree that Reagan was good at that sort of thing.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The only thing Mom hates more than accepting help is needing it in the first place, and that’s what being Native seems to mean to her.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith