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Example Sentences
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They wanted the linemen to know that they cared about them as more than just football players.
From Los Angeles Times
I applied to liberal arts schools in rural areas because I wanted to experience country life.
It felt moody and domestic and a little strange, which was more or less how I wanted to feel at the time.
From Salon
"No-one wanted me to win but I proved them wrong yet again."
From BBC
After that, “I wanted to go back to a space that really mattered to me as a person, which is the outdoors,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
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