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Example Sentences

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Generally, more potholes means more financial claims against the city because it is on the hook for compensating drivers for damage on its streets if it knew or should have known about the potholes and had sufficient time to fix them.

From Los Angeles Times

According to the city attorney’s office, drivers have filed 284 pothole-related vehicle damage claims against the city since the rainy season started Oct.

From Los Angeles Times

Prosecutors declined to bring charges against Madden, citing a lack of evidence beyond the confession and Madden already being behind bars for life in Oklahoma.

From Los Angeles Times

Williams has since worked on a dozen other cold-case homicides across the country and helped prosecutors build a case against a new suspect in a 1991 murder in Michigan.

From Los Angeles Times

The Post also claimed the criminal complaint against Perez-Lugones does not accuse him of leaking classified material.

From Salon