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Example Sentences
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Although everyone comments on her beauty, 17-year-old Fatima prefers to tie her hair back in a ponytail, her bright eyes buried underneath a black ball cap, her body concealed in unflattering tracksuits.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Swift appeared on the red carpet in New York on Thursday wearing a strapless black dress with floral motifs ahead of the naming ceremony.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Vivian Panka is the first black actress to play the role of Regina George.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
They’re watching because they want to see Brenda say the skeleton looks like Calista Flockhart, or Cindy get KO’d by a black cat.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
She hands me a long, narrow black box, the kind that a necklace would come in.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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