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Example Sentences

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That is exactly what another academic study found upon measuring the stock market’s performance during World Cups between 1950 and 2007: The U.S. stock market produced an average loss of 2.6% during those tournaments.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

What fabulous representatives these are of the country that Europe once looked upon with gratitude and respect: clownish, crude and stupid all at once.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

This was certainly reinforced by the universal condemnation heaped upon then-Rep.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Summer, and all the vacation days and potential travel that implies, is upon us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

A deep magic more powerful than any magic placed upon me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff