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Example Sentences
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The agency’s stated policy is to avoid detaining unaccompanied children, except in rare instances in which they are then transferred to the U.S.
“I don’t think anything positive happened that day except for the realization that . . . 150 people were all on the same page as to their experience with the Teamsters,” one attendee said.
Small businesses slapped with hefty damages, regardless of the merit of the claims, might have no choice except to file for bankruptcy.
Staples, healthcare, and utility stocks, the three weakest areas of the market, have never been cheaper in the past 40 years, except at the peak of the dot-com era.
From Barron's
US officials have not released any information regarding how Wedding was captured, except to say that his arrest took place on Thursday night in Mexico City.
From BBC
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