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Example Sentences

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It would be a seemingly dependable, predictable roommate relationship, and those are hard enough to come by as it is.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said this week that U.S. interest rate policy was “in a good place” and that the Fed could wait for oil prices to come down.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

They also come as Iran appears determined to carry out a war of attrition and demonstrate its control over Persian Gulf oil shipments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

One doesn't have to come at the expense of the other.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

About a year ago, a group of us started holding bonfires at dedicated clearings in the woods, nowhere near enough to houses for parents to come nosing around our flickering flames.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith