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Example Sentences
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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
He described the day the recall against him qualified for the ballot amid the COVID-19 pandemic as humbling and humiliating, though it later failed by a wide margin.
From Los Angeles Times
The Scotland innings was a bright spark amid the uncertainty around how good England actually are.
From BBC
China also ended 2025 with a record trade surplu s, even as its sales to the U.S. fell amid tariffs.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
