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Example Sentences
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Think of it as a tax “prenup” with Uncle Sam that you settle up on your terms so the surviving spouse isn’t ambushed by higher rates down the road.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
What makes Talarico’s race worth watching this cycle, in Hayes’ framing, is less about the candidate himself than about the structural gap that’s opened up on the other side.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Marty Sokol woke up on New Year’s Day this year exhausted from celebrating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Some of them are multifamily syndicators: gung-ho investors who loaded up on floating-rate debt during the pandemic and spent tens of millions of dollars on apartment buildings, often in Sunbelt cities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
I was bolt awake now, sitting up on the bedroom floor, ripped from sleep by a smell from the kitchen.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
