be on
Example Sentences
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The country's focus is on harnessing the tech to drive its own growth.
From BBC
Get the address wrong, and they could risk the suspect being tipped off that he was on the authorities' radar.
From BBC
As Boo Radley, a mysterious recluse in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Duvall was on screen for less than five minutes at the film’s end and had no lines.
From Los Angeles Times
"If I was on the decline I would say it. I'd be the first to say."
From BBC
Stolz, who is listed at 6-foot-1, 180 pounds, would be on the large side for a pro rider, and might have trouble hanging in with the featherweights in the mountains.
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