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Example Sentences
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Just outside downtown Toledo, Ohio, on I-75, Seetaram Palepu tapped the brakes to slow as he merged onto an exit ramp.
A couple say they are afraid to go to sleep in case the hillside behind their cottage collapses onto them.
From BBC
One customer was ultimately booked onto a different flight.
From Los Angeles Times
United held onto fourth place in the Premier League, one point ahead of fifth-placed Chelsea in the race to qualify for the Champions League.
From Barron's
Third-bottom West Ham's failure to hold onto the lead left them two points behind fourth-bottom Nottingham Forest in the relegation battle.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
