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Example Sentences
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Mr. Remeslo then checked himself into a psychiatric hospital.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
By the time she set off to tour her album, the artist said, “I was already so checked out.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
"He asked for my mobile phone and checked everything, even my photographs. It was extremely intrusive," she added.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Hu checked Priestley's social media to confirm he was a real person.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
When they’d looked after the garden and fished for dinner and checked the beaches for driftwood or bottles or anything else that might have floated in on the tide, Nim had school.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.