Example Sentences

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Shipping containers from distant lands on semitrucks clogged the road: China Shippings and Evergreens and Maersks and COSCOs all inched along on-ramps, onto freeways.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

The Evergreens, meanwhile, was almost torn down, in accordance with the will of Dickinson’s niece Martha Dickinson.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Evergreens like this one are not — to borrow a phrase from Lady Gaga — born this way.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021

Other possibilities include the Rainiers, the Evergreens, the Sea Lions, and the Renegades.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2018

The clouds are gathering as we walk into Evergreens Cemetery.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera