Example Sentences

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Five people have been arrested for vandalism in connection with the Reflecting Pool, and five others were issued federal citations, according to the US Park Police.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Attorney Jeanine Pirro in Washington said her office had received only a handful of citations and was reviewing them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Over the course of his career, Gurney has authored more than 180 scientific papers that have received more than 20,000 citations.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

"AI thrives on recognising patterns. And legal citations and arguments are always formatted in the same way, so it's easy for an AI to follow a template and generate fake ones," said Charlotin.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

Soccer team rosters, citations at the end of journals, introductions at faculty meetings—always they seem to her some vestige of the prison lists that never contained her father’s name.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr