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Example Sentences
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Following the hottest and one of the driest summers on record, rainfall continued to be below average through September.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The orangutan clings to the top of a mostly leafless tree in Indonesia's Borneo, as waves of thick smoke from the forest fires burning below waft over her.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Tech giants gave back some of their recent gains after a Financial Times report that OpenAI’s annual revenue is running about $20 billion below earlier estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
For the richest 20%, that same number is below 5%.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
It was still connected to the ring of plastic below it.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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