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Example Sentences
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He transferred to the Journal’s San Francisco bureau in 1989, where he was one of two reporters covering Silicon Valley.
But she arrived "under cover of darkness" and was said to be none the worse for her journey.
From BBC
Last month, Raman tried without success to put a measure on the June 2 ballot that would have scaled back the types of properties covered by the tax, in hopes of jump-starting apartment construction.
From Los Angeles Times
University endowments grew to lean on the once-juicy returns of private equity to cover a larger slice of their overall budget.
A graduate of the London School of Economics, Chun Han started reporting for the Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in 2010, first covering politics and business in Singapore, Cambodia and the broader Southeast Asian region.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.