instance
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Seve, for instance, is in ill health and drowning in Amazon boxes inside his Baltimore apartment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
In this instance, they were overruled by Barr and his deputies, but former officials said this was a rare case in which their guidance was ignored.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
It, for instance, won’t be able to collect tolls on oil tankers traversing the strait.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Some of these folks are not surprising; for instance, Vladimir Putin.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
For instance, thermodynamics tells you that it is impossible to create a perpetual-motion machine.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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