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Example Sentences
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He’s long been interested in the mushrooms that sprout on the front lawn of his San Clemente home, but he’s always been too timid to pick any.
From Los Angeles Times
This isn’t altogether surprising considering that the sports most bet on in America — football, basketball and boxing — have been dominated by Black athletes and have a disproportionately high number of Black viewers.
From Salon
"There's been lies in the press," he said.
From BBC
Until Sunday morning, Johnson’s history in Cortina had been more tortured.
Few of these feuds have been as prominent as the crossfire between billionaires Reid Hoffman and Elon Musk.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
