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Example Sentences
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On the final page of “The Snakes That Ate Florida,” Mr. Frazier invokes another great scribbler, E.B.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
"Ate Bianca, Jiggly, I hope you know that you are loved," said the franchise's breakout star, Marina Summers, using a term of endearmeant in Tagalog.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025
The researchers also detailed an episode of a YouTube user expressing disapproval of a video called “A Grandma Ate Cookie Dough for Lunch Every Week. This Is What Happened to Her Bones.”
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022
Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris, “The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza”: Dahlia B., age 8, says, “This graphic novel is hilarious and action-packed.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2022
We called him The Boy Who Ate Beans, but as far as I know he never ate beans again.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
