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Example Sentences

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Raman, in a statement, said she was “incredibly honored” by the results, and invited Angelenos who are “frustrated by the broken status quo” to join her campaign.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

It has broken down meticulously constructed networks of trust and generally slowed the response to the virus.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

That week, downtown Seattle was cordoned off because protestors had taken over the streets surrounding the convention center, and some activists had broken the windows of a Starbucks nearby.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

However, a dispute over payment had broken out with the Iraqi Kurd people-smuggler, Noah Aaron, who had organised the migrants' journey.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

We are the breakers or the broken ones, the people whose lives were touched by the widest periphery of deaths.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse