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Example Sentences

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For nails to work, they must be able to carry a small electrical charge.

From Science Daily

"It's amazing to be able to use the skills that I learned back home here in Cornwall - it's a really nice part of the world to live in."

From BBC

"We were not able and not willing, once again, to push the snooze button on this… it was a huge step for Germany, a huge step for the German population, definitely."

From BBC

“They have been able to withstand the bombing campaign,” said Nicole Grajewski, a nonresident scholar in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

From The Wall Street Journal

I don’t think I’d be able to add something to a kid boxing his way out of the slums, because I don’t know that experience.

From Salon