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Example Sentences

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The man, who has not been named, appeared in court in Ystad after being arrested on Friday by the Swedish Prosecution Authority on suspicion of using forged documents.

From BBC

Criticism had grown, Bompastor's decisions were being scrutinised and questions have been asked.

From BBC

Symptoms of meningitis include a high fever, being sick and a severe and worsening headache, but can also cause life-threatening sepsis.

From BBC

The biologist Michael Levin gets closer to the hard problem: The self, he claims, is memory reworking itself as circumstances demand, and consciousness the feeling of being “in charge of constant self-construction.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It simply asks for a moment of thought — the quiet practice of being a good citizen of the table.

From Salon