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Example Sentences
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Wandering down the unlit corridors of a six-storey building behind the Royal Hill casino, each door opens onto a different world.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Maybe slip it onto your wife’s bedside table.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Encampment residents lug their bags onto a bus and head to their destinations.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
The model shows how electrically driven reactions in dust storms release chemicals into the atmosphere, where they are later redeposited onto the surface.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
But then I didn’t have to, because the explanation stepped out of the trees and onto the grass beside us, sunlight bouncing off her perfect strands, and looking like a freaking goddess.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.