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Example Sentences

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Those that venture further afield as shale matures could benefit most.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

New Zealand scrambled P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft and naval assets to monitor the maneuvers, which demonstrated China’s increasing ability to deploy forces farther afield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The most yawning gap in prices is between oil that used to flow out of the Gulf and different kinds of crude from farther afield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

However, IS-Somalia still "plays a critical role in terms of providing resources, support, and facilitation for other Islamic State affiliates, both in Africa and further afield, like Afghanistan", she explains.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Initially he patrolled only the neighborhood, but gradually went farther and farther afield.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy