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Example Sentences

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They did well to get here, but once again it's the staying here that's beyond them.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

Hollywood has been slow to work out how to monetize these replicas, she said, but once it does, audiences will start to encounter them more often.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

That topic already is broad enough, but once the Fed starts down that road, it quickly will find itself in intellectual terra incognita.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

You might be officially old, especially for a world leader, but once you’ve gotten here, there’s only about a 5 percent chance you’ll die within the next year.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026

He’s a former marine who came to the country with an occupation force years back, but once the troops left, he stayed on, marrying a rich Dominican lady and opening his successful grocery store.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez