AP

Example Sentences

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The City Council ap- proved the new district lines in December after reworking a significant portion of a draft map submitted several weeks earlier by a 21-member citizens commission.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2022

At points on the highways ap- proaching metropolitan areas, signs would warn the driver to switch to electric propulsion.

From Time Magazine Archive

In my contacts with patients suffering from advanced cancer who have not consulted a physician soon after the first sign or symptom ap- peared, I nearly always inquire as to the reason for this.

From Time Magazine Archive

The president's audience, numbering some 1,500 distinguished scientists, twittered and tittered with ap- preciation�for the president was Edward of Wales.

From Time Magazine Archive

A little while later I’m watching the boys play with sticks in a patch of grass at the edge of the driveway, when Mariana ap- proaches me.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau