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Example Sentences
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Sara Heller studied Chicago’s jobs program and found that an eight-week summer job cut violent-crime arrests among disadvantaged teenagers by 43%, with the effect growing after the job ended.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The proposed funding cut comes as Americans are living and working longer.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Infrastructure damage, meanwhile, means some communities will be cut off for at least a week because of the damage to roads and the collapse of a bridge.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
And I think it's just the line that you take, which is the same line we've all taken for years, where you come in, you kind of cut part of the white line.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“Of all the insidious—” He was cut short by another stab of pain, this time in his paw.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
