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Example Sentences
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Last year, several directors at the CCA resigned, before a new chairwoman, Muse Greenwood, was appointed in December.
From BBC
The protest was held in Lutry, a suburb of Lausanne from where several of the victims who died in the January 1 blaze in the Crans-Montana resort hailed.
From Barron's
Ukraine's power grid experienced mass outages for several hours on Saturday after a "technical malfunction" caused electrical lines between Moldova, Romania and Ukraine to fail, Ukraine's energy minister said.
From Barron's
This combined approach had not been done before at this level of detail, and it led to several important insights.
From Science Daily
The men were released from a van after protesters surrounded the vehicle for several hours.
From BBC
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