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Example Sentences

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“Respect only comes from you being a steward.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I don't think he would ever call himself Dr. Seuss had it not been for being at Oxford and having the literary and professorial aspirations when he was there."

From BBC

Meanwhile, Lionesses manager Sarina Wiegman says England have been given reassurances there are no safety concerns over their Women's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine being held in Turkey on Tuesday.

From BBC

Souvenir tickets given out at Cruz Beckham's gig in the Welsh capital said it was being staged in Cardiff, England, rather than in Wales.

From BBC

Rembrandt's Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, from 1633, was excluded from a list of the Dutch master's works in 1960, and disappeared after being sold to a private collector the following year.

From BBC