Example Sentences
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“The servers are dropping plates or taking checks, or you’re at the Comedy Cellar following Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle is standing in the doorway waiting.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
At a few locations, French border police conduct passport checks before people leave the UK.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
Uber is quietly writing $500 million checks to lock in robotaxis as Waymo threatens to leave it behind.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
Uber is writing half-a-billion-dollar checks so that whenever the technology finally scales, it is standing at the register.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
“Foster placement. Or sometimes extended family checks you out.”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
