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Example Sentences

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When I got there, I think around 1989, it hadn’t really started to change yet.

From Los Angeles Times

Neither Marks and Spencer nor Harrods have put a number on breaches occurring around the same time.

From BBC

Egan is unhappy to see gas prices rising after she just bought a bigger car—an SUV with worse fuel efficiency than her old Honda Civic—so she can help drive her grandchildren around.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their journey depends on chemical signals as well as the physical characteristics of the environment around them.

From Science Daily

The findings highlighted retailers efforts to avoid payment charges and tackle security concerns, despite around half of in-store purchases still being made in cash.

From BBC