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Example Sentences
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“The United States will continue to pursue the illicit movement of sanctioned oil that is used to fund narco terrorism in the region,” Noem said.
The government is also looking at ending the use of "confinement systems" in farming including caged hens and pig farrowing crates, which are used to contain sows during birth and nursing.
From BBC
However, the government's adviser on antisemitism has since said that some of the intelligence the force used to come to the decision was "inaccurate".
From BBC
Perhaps the most famous of these was Brad Pitt’s pop-up on “Friends,” as the adult version of a high school classmate who used to hate Rachel Green, played by then-wife Jennifer Aniston.
From Salon
While growing up in Ohio, Chiaberta used to visit FAO Schwarz at its previous Fifth Avenue location in New York every year with his parents.
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