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Example Sentences

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These are tough sights to put in a film, tougher still to thread them to a notion of personal compromise.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“I just passed on a package of Nestle semi-sweet chocolate chips this morning because the bag was $10,” one Reddit user wrote in a discussion thread about the E-shaped economy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Tuesday’s episode picks up that thread with the future of the team in jeopardy and plays out differently from the “NCIS” norm.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Or as the progressive writer Matt Stoller tweeted over the weekend in a thread about the war’s political blowback, “I do not know why people assume Trump will be in office for much longer.”

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2026

Dr. Mike Burry—as he always signed himself—sensed that other people on the thread were taking his advice and making money with it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis