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Example Sentences

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But city officials were not given details about the operation, and were not able to notify the public until hours before the training began.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

“I can’t tell you how disappointed I am,” Eagle said before the vote.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

He usually leaves just before I get home from work at 9 p.m.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Few examples of this genre survive from before the Japanese invasions of 1592-98.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

When she first arrived with a few hundred prisoners, she thought it would only be weeks before the Americans rescued them.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly