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Example Sentences
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The two were close long before deciding to pen stories together.
From Los Angeles Times
A university project focused on F1 followed and, before long, Sullivan began to wonder if the sport could provide a career path.
From BBC
For offences of this type, legal proceedings must conclude within eight years - meaning the case would expire in August 2028 if not resolved before then.
From BBC
But offences of human trafficking have existed in legislation before then and can still be prosecuted as such.
From BBC
As Mr. Mulla tells us, in the 1920s India was “in many ways the epicenter of the Muslim world,” still under British rule, home to a large portion of Islam’s population before partition.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
