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Example Sentences
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The RV maker posted a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $40.8 million, compared with $125.8 million a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
After experiencing complications from her earlier knee replacement surgery, she says she was eager to try GAE and is glad she did.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
BBC Sport reported earlier this month that an agreement between all parties was close.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Lee started the event earlier this year after seeing how her friends reveled in hacking old hardware but had nowhere to show off their reimagined contraptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
He gestures to the velvet sofa Helen had tried to make me sit on earlier.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
