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Example Sentences

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It’s the final days before the Alamo Bowl, the last gasps of USC’s football season, and Rock Hanson is still getting over a fever.

From Los Angeles Times

The findings also suggest that the transition of reptiles and amphibians into marine environments began earlier than scientists once thought and may have started even before the end-Permian mass extinction.

From Science Daily

Patla compared the situation to communication before the telegraph, when handwritten letters crossed oceans by ship and replies took weeks or months to return.

From Science Daily

Sources have told BBC Sport that Bournemouth want him to play against the Gunners and then Tottenham on Wednesday 7 January before the release mechanism in his deal elapses on 10 January.

From BBC

Sugedaran Shanmugaraja, who was working in the Best One shop across the road from the hospital, said an injured woman fled the scene before coming into his store.

From BBC