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Example Sentences

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It’s peak harvest season, but the only time all five of them could get together.

From The Wall Street Journal

To Williams' growing audience speculation over the case only heightens its intrigue.

From BBC

Joachim Alfred Wagner, 63, said he had lost not only gold worth tens of thousands of euros, but also jewellery that belonged to his father and grandparents.

From BBC

A Great North Olympic bid was announced last week with cross-party support from fellow mayors, keen to upend the logic that the International Olympic Committee would only give a UK Games to London.

From BBC

She says it not only gave "her zest for life" back – it saved her marriage.

From BBC