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Example Sentences

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I've come to an industrial space in a tech-heavy area of San Francisco expecting to see a menacing humanoid robot solider doing something combat-like: the future of land-based warfare, perhaps.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

One sequence of brilliant passes shows just what they’re doing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“The kind of incrementalism that Eric Murphy seems to be doing is something from a bygone era, where people were more pragmatic in the movement and not punished for it,” she said.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Conrad leans in confidentially: “I have been asked if that’s really Dave doing the pommel horse, and my answer is, ‘I don’t know.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

“Pops was really into crossword puzzles — not just doing them, but creating his own. But I had no idea he made this many of them.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam