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Example Sentences
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Pacific time, it will be the sun’s turn to get eclipsed by the moon, with the spacecraft plunging into the darkness of the moon’s shadow for an hour.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Strip out “compute for research,” and OpenAI is actually on track to turn a small pretax operating profit this year, as is Anthropic under its best-case scenario.
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
He reveled in the strength of his legs and the stretch of his back; in the suppleness that let him turn at full speed on a single paw.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.