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Example Sentences
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Additionally, White is focusing attention on reinvigorating the sport of boxing, which he thinks is “broken and fragmented.”
Business owners described breaking into tears as they were forced either to lay off staff or shut up shop entirely, while employees told how they feared for their jobs.
From BBC
Fires regularly break out at the site, which is close to a busy main road and at the back of a popular countryside park and farmshop.
From BBC
Rather than completely breaking down -- as happens during dramatic "sudden stratospheric warming" events -- the vortex can stretch out into a more oval shape.
From Barron's
For some owners and fans, the Dodgers' lavish spending on Tucker may be the $240 million straw that broke the camel's back.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
