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Example Sentences
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When these women hear about unusual murders that summer, they don’t brush them off; instead, following instincts borne out of their own experiences, they investigate as best they can and eventually discover the killer.
From Los Angeles Times
The second-hand market for smartphones has surged in recent years, borne up by lower prices as well as interest in eco-friendly consumption even as some still fear buying a dud.
From Barron's
Identity, he writes, is “not a burden borne equally by all groups.”
As with many of Stern's suggestions, it doesn't appear to have borne fruit.
From BBC
Both of her brothers — one a film director, the other a journalist — moved to Ukraine and have borne witness to the war, which has given her “another level of experiencing this horror,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times
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