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Example Sentences
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“Whatever they get into, they just dwarf other countries once they decide to grow it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
A year later and you’re still trying to cast me as anti-Noah when all I want is for Gary Oldman to get a bit of statuary for his phenomenal performance in “Slow Horses.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
And while in Portland Brianna enjoyed walking to parks and shops, she now relies on her car to get anywhere.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Chinese journalists would get just 90 days, with extensions of 90 days.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Phineas went from being "the most efficient and capable foreman" on the railroad to a man who couldn't be trusted because he couldn't get along with anyone.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
When the butchering is over Then the farmer feels so-so; But he’s always sort of worried, Fears the cider’s gittin low.
From Time ● Oct. 15, 2015
Then he says, ‘We must be keerful, For the cider’s gittin low.’
From Time ● Oct. 15, 2015
Which, as she was born in the Bronx, is pronounced "We gittin they!"
From The Guardian ● Aug. 31, 2014
“Hush, now. Luster gone to git de surrey en take you to de graveyard. We aint gwine risk gittin yo cap,” she said.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
“Listen to me, Jeth; you’re gittin to be a sizable boy. There’s goin’ to be a lot of things in the years ahead that you’ll have to stand.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
The Wildlife Trusts, external said the lion's mane jellyfish gets its name from its long tentacles, and have "all the beauty and bite of a lion".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
It gets a little cringey, all the ring lights and posing, but I think the fretting over influencers is overheated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Microsoft stock rises even as the AI trade gets hit hard after the company releases its AI model code of conduct.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Once it is in the fridge, the question of dinner gets easier.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
My blood gets hot, making me tremble, and a buzzing starts in my ears, like a nest of angry hornets has been released.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The 37-year-old star appeared onstage wearing a traditional Korean hat known as a "gat", featured in Netflix's animated megahit "KPop Demon Hunters".
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
They’re often depicted in traditional black hanbok and tall gat hats, which explains the Saja Boys’ costuming later in the movie.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
In this Bonnie & Clyde, female ambition is more dangerous than a loaded gat.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2013
As Bogart aged, he lost his defiance, leaving Warner Brothers for Columbia and trading his gat for a bow tie.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2010
Gat, gat, n. an opening between sandbanks, a strait.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
“It is a pretty stiff penalty. You’ve got a problem, just pay it off and get rid of it,” Durbin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"I put my finger up the zeitgeist to see what was hot at the time and I thought we have got to include Yes Sir, I Can Boogie," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Claire McNear, America’s preeminent Jeopardy! reporter, did a deep dive into the beloved event—which disappeared after Trebek’s death—and got some news about its future.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
In their statement, the couple said they got married in a small ceremony with only their family present, and then celebrated with a larger group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Don’t let him go, Father. Stop him. You’ve got to!”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Smart ovens, refrigerators, and doorbells have all gotten the camera treatment, attempting to close the gaps of mystery in our daily lives.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Investors also wonder if the sudden calls to slow down AI development are not just cover by hyperscalers to slow spending that has gotten ahead of itself.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Clinics and medspas, promising people transformational weight loss, are procuring and selling an experimental drug that hasn’t gotten through government approval, prompting serious safety concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I feel Japanese fashion in L.A. has gotten more popular and I think fashion is just a universal language we all speak — that’s how I’ve built relationships with people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
For a year and a half now we had gotten away with our double lives.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Krishnan said he’s talked to frustrated parents who feel that their efforts to limit screen time at home are being undermined by the “dopamine hits” children are getting from gamified apps and YouTube at school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Three years later, it's hard to believe VR just keeps getting more expensive when the Quest 3 felt like a turning point.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
However, after getting the script again years later, he could not resist the work of writer Paul Mayhew-Archer, who suffers from the condition himself.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
The researchers argue that getting foundational concepts right is important far beyond introductory chemistry courses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
It’ll be the end of us and we’re only getting started.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
