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Example Sentences
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“To find we have been ostracized for practicing as Catholics have done for 2000 years is of great anxiety to us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
A word of caution: You have made a substantial tally of everything you have done for your daughter, including babysitting, making 529 contributions and providing generous IVF assistance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
"When the city starts feeding the countryside, it means the country is done for," farmer Emil Deliev said from southern Bulgaria's mountains where small dairy farms are vanishing one after another.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
In other words, the government would like courts to stop applying the case-by-case inquiry it’s done for half a century, and instead rule categorically against immigrant bond hearings no matter the length of their detention.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
Ob talked about what a good wife May was and all the sweet things she’d done for him—for us—while she was living.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
