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Example Sentences
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This year, some of Santa’s gifts have been given before.
He was a pragmatic justice, not an ideological trailblazer, and he approached cases with an intense focus on the facts and law before him, with a deep respect for legal precedent.
Gift a tea blend with a honey stick and a note suggesting it be sipped during an afternoon slump, or just before bed, feet up, phone face-down.
From Salon
She lay for about 45 minutes before the SOS alert she had triggered on her Garmin tracking device was answered.
From BBC
Even before Marnus Labuschagne decided to have a one-man competition with himself for screamer of the series, Australia have been clearly superior in the field.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
