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Example Sentences
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Having demolished Judd Trump 6-1 in the semi-finals, Wu had early breaks of 117 and 80 to move 3-1 ahead against Yuan.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The billionaire has been railing against Delta CEO Ed Bastian because the airline went with Amazon’s in-flight internet service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
He called cost of living the election’s biggest issue and warned his party against dismissing voters’ economic concerns.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
We used the hydrogen formation history found through these simulations to compute predictions for how cosmic microwave background should appear if there were primordial magnetic fields, and tested these predictions against observations of the background.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
“So, he was wrong—you didn’t hold it against my mom when she lost her gift?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
