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Example Sentences
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She chops old vanilla beans, mixes them with epsom salts, adds a splash of vanilla extract, and has bath salts that are wildly aromatic, calming, and good for all that might ail you.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2022
That’s on top of parts and raw material shortages that already ail regional manufacturing because of supply disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2021
Removing the manager is not the solution to all that has ailed and looks like it will ail the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2016
Gov. Jerry Brown doesn’t shy away from big solutions to the problems that ail California.
From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2016
Everyone was moving in the same direction, ail in a hurry to see what the ringing was all about.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.