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Example Sentences
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The train derailed as it rounded a bend near the town of Nizanda, officials said.
From BBC
The ship rounded Africa on Aug. 14 and crossed the Atlantic in three weeks, passing by the northern shores of Venezuela before arriving in Gulfport, Miss., on Sept. 11.
The sun was only seen for 30 minutes, putting it on track to be the darkest December since 1934 when there was so little light meteorologists "rounded it down to zero hours".
From Barron's
Volunteers handed out toys, a mariachi band played, cops passed out stickers of badges and greeted guests as they rounded the corners, politicians ate pozole.
From Los Angeles Times
The civilians were first rounded up in a church and then taken across the border to Russia, he told the BBC.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
