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Example Sentences

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When the treatment was injected into tumors, macrophages quickly absorbed the nanoparticles and began producing proteins that identify cancer cells.

From Science Daily

Then a week before his senior year was to begin, he received a phone call.

From Los Angeles Times

Residents of the Ashrafiyeh neighbourhood, the first of two areas to fall to the Syrian army, began returning to their homes to inspect the damage, finding shrapnel and broken glass littering the streets.

From Barron's

"Bradley will undergo surgery in the coming days and then begin a period of rehabilitation."

From Barron's

But eventually Blanchard began to contemplate his forced retirement, selling his 63-foot boat and hanging up his wall of big green fishing nets once he turns 65 in February.

From Los Angeles Times