Example Sentences

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Specials give them the chance to get creative—cooking the same slate of meals for two months gets repetitive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

Lynval Golding, founding member of The Specials, is angry that this summer's riots have given him "flashbacks" of his experiences in Coventry in the 1970s and 80s.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024

He took part in reunion tours with The Specials but most recently had been performing with The Neville Staple Band alongside his wife and manager Christine "Sugary" Staple.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024

The song appears on the upcoming album “A Philly Special Christmas Special,” by the Philly Specials, a trio that consists of Jason Kelce and fellow Eagles offensive linemen Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

A dozen or so Specials stood in a cordon around them, watching their captives with empty expressions.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld