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Example Sentences
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"There was slight nervousness. But I focused on one ball at a time. The way Ishan batted was brilliant. I told him: 'just keep playing the way you are'."
From Barron's
France kept alive their Grand Slam hopes with a convincing eight-try 54-12 hammering of woeful Wales who suffered a 13th successive Six Nations defeat.
From BBC
In the aftermath of the housing crisis, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, sought to keep them on a tighter leash, at least for a time.
Without collective power, individual employees will keep clicking “accept” on agreements that restructure their jobs simply because they have no alternative.
Even though, objectively speaking, that smoothie looks like something I would not be able to keep down, it means something to them.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
