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Example Sentences

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“We got the stick around pretty good today,” said Jorden Wells, who ran the first leg Friday instead of his customary second leg, which was run by Jaelen Hunter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

But a YouGov poll published on Friday, external found that only 18% of fans wanted the Premier League to stop using VAR entirely, with 68% instead favouring changes being made to how it is used.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Investors are largely brushing off inflation worries and are focusing instead on earnings.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Indeed, goodness seems like too active a word for this novel; the principal virtue, instead, is solicitude.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Holding a cup of tea that she’d brewed with a modern tea bag instead of the loose-leaves way my mother had at home, looking out the window like a page from a magazine.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse