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Example Sentences
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Even the price of a fake jersey among street vendors shot up amid India-Pakistan inflation.
From BBC
It comes amid a US crackdown on sanctioned oil exports from Venezuela.
From BBC
That match took place amid fan protests with the team being whistled at the Stade Velodrome and supporters behind the goals boycotting the opening 15 minutes of the encounter.
From Barron's
In both cases, it was hard to not admire the candor amid agony: Malinin for standing up and plainly admitting he “blew it,” Vonn for her blunt cri de cœur from her hospital bed: “I tried. I dreamt. I jumped.”
Long condemned as a traitor, Malinche is being reimagined as a brilliant Indigenous survivor whose intelligence and resilience helped shape Mexico, amid a feminist and cultural reckoning that is rewriting her place in history.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
