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Example Sentences

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My own experience watching these debates unfold has underscored how quickly abstract legal theories can translate into concrete consequences for voters.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

The Journal ranked the 124 brackets in the pool based on the 32,768 possible ways for the tournament to unfold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The Bank's governor, Andrew Bailey, told the BBC last week that rate-setters would "assess how events unfold".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

As he’s watched the Kennedy Center drama unfold and arts infrastructure unravel, he said sitting among laughing audiences has been a balm — for himself and many others.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

They were astonished the same way Omakayas had been the first time she saw the trader unfold a seeing glass, something he called a telescope, a long, shiny tube that grew in his hands.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich