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Example Sentences
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And you need to be able to have an answer for each of those things, and it’s really hard to do that.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Here, though, it suffered a second ambush before eventually being able to reunite with the convoy.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
However, Zeldin said "the most likely scenario is one of a low-volume release, where the local authorities are going to be able to monitor, neutralize and contain the threat."
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
“Before you can command a ship, a platoon, a flight of fighters,” he told graduates, “you must be able to command yourself.”
From Salon • May 24, 2026
There was no sheet music, and if there had been, I wouldn’t have been able to see it because there were no bulbs in the piano lamp.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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