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Example Sentences
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Even though most of the moisture from the recent rains has begun to dry up, experts say, it doesn’t hurt to apply insect repellent when outdoors.
From Los Angeles Times
Billionaires make headlines, but the same math applies down the economic ladder.
These include making most migrants wait for up to 10 years - rather than the current five – before being able to apply for permanent residence, with refugees waiting for up to 20 years.
From BBC
In a companion study published in Nature Cell Biology led by Professor Ulrike Kutay and collaborators at ETH Zürich in Switzerland, researchers applied the same high resolution mapping strategy to human cells.
From Science Daily
The schools are now hoping to apply for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.
From BBC
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