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Example Sentences
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It’s kind of a rare thing for all three of you guys to be in one place at the same time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
"I became a soccer fanatic after that. And I'm hoping the same thing for my nephew" this time, he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
My dad always said to me that if you score a lot of runs, teams have to pick you, and that's the main thing for a professional cricketer, to perform.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
“I have not encountered a single person who’s said, ‘Wow, this is going to be a great thing for us,’ outside of public officials.”
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026
“It’s just… your eye and all that. And you don’t eat. That seems an awfully strange thing for an animal who is alive.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
