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Example Sentences
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It would turn out there was a reason no one ever saw the suspect right in front of them—and that the new twist in the case was just the beginning.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Wright worked with children’s digital-health nonprofit Screen Sanity to turn her daughter’s school in Leawood, Kan., into a massive landline pod.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Access to quality healthcare is limited in Malawi, and many turn to traditional healers and witch doctors as the first port of call for any medical or mental health problem.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
At a sturdy 100-minute runtime, “Hag” blows past pastiche at every turn, doing laps around the thriller genre’s conventions and tropes.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
“No,” Harve said, “but I got him to turn loose of the man he had hold of.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.