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Example Sentences
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"It's really difficult when you don't play. It's so tough. You don't get to show everyone how good you are. I'd never been more hungry to play football in my life."
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
"I want to try to get to a location where I can get extracted."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
I patiently explained that neither law clerks nor justices get to imprison people sua sponte.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
For many of the tracks on “Halo,” Day would start off with a producing collaborator and finish on her own: “They’ll usually send me home with the Ableton file, then I get to freak it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
We close the spare-room door behind us, but before we get to the bedroom I have a thought.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.