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Example Sentences

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Kanye West was supposed to headline Sunday night but canceled two weeks before the fest and was replaced by The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

West is due to headline all three nights of the event, which is expected to attract 50,000 people per day, in Finsbury Park, north London, from 10-12 July.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

So I shouldn’t trust any of these headline numbers?

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Leadership narrows, with fewer stocks carrying the advance, even as headline indexes appear stable.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

In effect, the headline appears to be the caption for the photograph.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson