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Example Sentences
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“The only way you could figure out how far you could kick it was to hit the garage on a fly,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
An early test will be how Mills and other executives figure out how to run PJM’s first emergency electricity auction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Instead of attacking the reflected image, the octopuses needed to figure out where the stimulus was actually located and move toward it.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
The company said it plans to bring together government officials, scientists, advocacy groups and competing AI firms in coming months to figure out how such a system could work.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
“The premonition is the reason I’m going. I’ve got to figure out how to stop it. No one will know you sent me,” he vowed.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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