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Example Sentences

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Step off the 7 train, and languages quickly shift from Nepali and Bengali to Spanish and Tagalog as you walk between blocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Voices in four languages that weren’t needed, because the language we spoke was the game: the give-and-go, the look that means I’m here, I’ve got you.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

He was also inspired to study languages at the University of Leeds as Adam had been his partner in French classes and had helped him through his lessons.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In his speech to Spanish bishops, he urged them to "build a new reality through respectful dialogue and the use of new languages" to evangelise, urging them to recognise young people's "search for meaning".

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Other spirits gave up raps altogether; instead, their mediums spoke aloud in spirit languages.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock