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Example Sentences
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The 24-mile one-way trek explores some of the most spectacular scenery in North America, an ever-changing array of water- and wind-sculpted stone, the history of the North American continent laid open to contemplate.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021
Tensions that have simmered on the domestic scene were laid open for an international audience.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2021
Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System tests released last fall laid open the disaster.
From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2019
Mohammad Asif Rahimi, the governor of Herat, warned that if Farah had fallen to the Taliban, the entire western region would have been laid open for the insurgents.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2017
I crossed my arms and shivered at the memory of Hamlet’s book, with its drawings of the corpse laid open, the vital parts within revealed like a pirate’s booty in a torn sack.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
