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Example Sentences
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Imagine police responding to a robbery by obtaining judicial permission to open every safety deposit box in a neighborhood bank, briefly inspect the contents, and determine afterward which customers seem suspicious.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
Rojas tripped getting out of the batter’s box in the second inning, slid hard into home plate in the fifth inning, and was hit as he took a throw at second in the sixth.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
She renders the fearless quality of Gehry’s work in vivid verbs, pointing out that if Wright “broke open the box in his Prairie homes, Frank Gehry has ruptured the building-as-box completely—destroyed it in fact.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
He is widely seen as one of the only politicians capable of defeating Erdogan at the ballot box in elections due before mid-2028.
From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026
I turned, box in hand, as the young swordsman stepped inside.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
