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Example Sentences
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For two weeks in March 1939, as Hitler completed his annexation of Czechoslovakia and Europe braced for war, a lurid murder trial captivated Paris.
The entire industry is bracing for a bitter negotiation that could result in missed games for the first time since the player strike that caused the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
Finally, I emailed it the next morning and braced for a response.
From Los Angeles Times
As it braces for the future, Sweetgreen decided to sell the food automation company it bought only a few years ago.
From Los Angeles Times
Asia is also bracing for a blast of cold weather.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.