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Example Sentences

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Lord Mandelson then quit the party he has been a leading player in for more than three decades, saying he did not want to "cause further embarrassment".

From BBC

Two infant formula manufacturers withdrew batches from the market on Monday after France imposed stricter limits on acceptable levels of a toxin that can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.

From Barron's

“The sticking point was always the Strategic Defense Initiative, which Reagan thinks is essential and Gorbachev thinks is a deal-breaker in their common cause of eliminating nuclear weapons,” Wilson says.

From Slate

The potential lack of a treaty is not necessarily cause for panic.

From Slate

She added that despite the men's claims to the contrary, their behaviour had been "intended to cause alarm and distress".

From BBC