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Example Sentences
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The comments left politicians around Los Angeles and California scratching their heads: what low-income housing project was the president referring to?
From Los Angeles Times
He had the assembled media pack giggling away as he told certain newspaper journalists he had been seeing their faces in his sleep, such is the interest around potential transfers at Parkhead.
From BBC
But for now, the area around Lake Maracaibo stands as a stark reminder of how much the country's fortunes have declined over the decades.
From BBC
Someone instructs you to tear off pieces and dip them in the accompanying guava and plantain chutneys, silky chickpea curry and punchy pepper jelly, pooled around a peninsula of tangy cultured butter.
“It is very risky to move them around.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
