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Example Sentences
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The stock was down 2% from Monday’s close, at last check.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Oil tankers also won’t immediately resume transiting through the Strait of Hormuz at full-bore even if the U.S.-Iran conflict dies down, adding to pressures propping prices up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Williams had no problem approaching the devastating service speed of her glory days, thudding down one unreturnable delivery that reached 120mph late in the first set.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
It has broken down meticulously constructed networks of trust and generally slowed the response to the virus.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
When things finally quiet down, Father Julien pushes himself up.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
