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Of course, not all shipwrecks find themselves in such relatively hospitable conditions—the Titanic, for instance, is slowly being gobbled up by iron-eating bacteria.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In other parts of the world these storms are given different names - for instance, typhoons in the north-west Pacific, near Japan and China, or cyclones in the Indian Ocean and around Australia.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Boston-based Radence, for instance, bills itself as an “elite membership” practice, offering patients a “360-degree look at your health data and what may be developing beneath the surface.”

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Say, for instance, that you retired last year and went on Medicare.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

“In the fight for civil rights, for instance, there was sometimes violence. Terrible violence. But it eventually led to good as the minds and hearts of people were changed.”

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper