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Example Sentences
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"I wouldn't push a consultant away and I didn't have a choice in how I responded. I was just standing there and did not have my arms held out towards him," she said.
From BBC
Iran doves, Iran hawks, Israelis, Qataris, Russians, Chinese, Europeans, Turks—operators are standing by to take your call.
“The hardest was standing in front of everyone and watching them go back to work.”
She did just, posting 93.00, the highest score of the second run and one that catapulted her up the standings into silver medal position.
From BBC
And yet it was all delivered in a way that earned him a standing ovation from the assembled Euro-elites.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
